astuce
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French astuce (first attested in 1267/68), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin astūtia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
astuce f (countable and uncountable, plural astuces)
- (dated) shrewdness, subtlety, astuteness
- un homme plein d’astuce ― a man full of shrewdness
- trick, as a clever way of accomplishing something
- J’ai une astuce marrante. ― I have a funny trick.
- tip; piece of advice
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Further reading[edit]
- “astuce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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