"astuce" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /as.tys/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Helenou66-astuce.wav Forms: astuces [plural]
Etymology: From Old French astuce (first attested in 1267/68), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin astūtia. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|astuce}} Old French astuce, {{slbor|fr|la|astūtia|nocap=1}} semi-learned borrowing from Latin astūtia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|~}} astuce f (countable and uncountable, plural astuces)
  1. (dated) shrewdness, subtlety, astuteness Tags: countable, dated, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-astuce-fr-noun-d~9ngqvT Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 32 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 29 8
  2. trick, as a clever way of accomplishing something Tags: countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-astuce-fr-noun-lz5CAx2z
  3. tip; piece of advice Tags: countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-astuce-fr-noun-uh0ndxKV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: astucieux

Inflected forms

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