finesse

See also Finesse

English [edit]

Middle English, from Middle French finesse, from Old French fin (“fine”).

finesse (countable and uncountable; plural finesses)

(uncountable) The property of having grace, elegance, skill, or balance.
(uncountable) Skill in handling of a situation.
(countable) An adroit maneuver.
(countable, bridge) A technique which allows one to promote tricks based on a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponent.

The property of having grace, elegance, skill, or balance

(bridge)

finesse (third-person singular simple present finesses, present participle finessing, simple past and past participle finessed)

(transitive, intransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
(transitive) To handle or manage carefully or skillfully.
(transitive) To evade.

finesse f (plural finesses)