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Translate guile from English to French

Summary

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guile:
- malice; astuce; ruse; perfidie; finesse; fourberie; roublardise; rouerie; malignité
Wiktionary:
- guile → tromper, entourlouper
- guile → ruse, fourberie
- guile → ruse

English

Detailed Translations for guile from English to French

guile:

guile [the ~] nomen

the guile (slyness; cunning; wiliness; craftiness)
la malice; l'astuce; la ruse; la perfidie; la finesse; la fourberie; la roublardise; la rouerie; la malignité
- malice [la ~] nomen
- astuce [la ~] nomen
- ruse [la ~] nomen
- perfidie [la ~] nomen
- finesse [la ~] nomen
- fourberie [la ~] nomen
- roublardise [la ~] nomen
- rouerie [la ~] nomen
- malignité [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for guile:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
astuce	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	brightness; cleverness; cunning; discernment; insight; intelligence; manoeuver; manoeuvre; ruse; sagacity; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; trick
finesse	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	cleverness; cunning; delicacy; dodge; down to the minutest details; elegance; finesse; gracefulness; keenness; nicety; sharpness; slyness; smartness; subtlety; wiliness
fourberie	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	crookedness; cunning; deceitfulness; dirty trick; down to the minutest details; nastiness; nicety; slyness; subtlety; treacherousness
malice	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	cleverness; cunning; down to the minutest details; impishness; intelligence; malice; mischief; nastiness; naughtiness; nicety; roguishness; sagacity; slyness; spite; subtlety
malignité	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	cunning; down to the minutest details; malice; malignity; nastiness; nicety; slyness; spite; subtlety; venomousness; viciousness; virulence
perfidie	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	act of faithlessness; breach of faith; cunning; deceit; deceitfulness; disloyalty; down to the minutest details; faithlessness; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; infidelity; malignity; nicety; perfidy; shrewdness; slyness; sneakiness; spuriousness; subtlety; treacherous quality; treacherousness; unfaithfulness; venomousness; viciousness; virulence
roublardise	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	slitheriness
rouerie	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	craftiness; cunning; down to the minutest details; nicety; shrewdness; slyness; subtlety
ruse	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	brightness; cleverness; craftiness; crookedness; cunning; dirty trick; discernment; down to the minutest details; gimmicks; insight; intelligence; manoeuver; manoeuvre; nastiness; nicety; prank; ruse; sagacity; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; stunts; subtlety; trick; trickery
-	chicane; chicanery; craft; craftiness; cunning; deceitfulness; foxiness; shenanigan; slyness; trickery; wile; wiliness

Synonyms for "guile":

craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; slyness; wiliness; shrewdness; astuteness; perspicacity; perspicaciousness
deceitfulness; disingenuousness
trickery; chicanery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; deception; deceit; dissembling; dissimulation

Related Definitions for "guile":

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)¹
the quality of being crafty¹
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception¹

Wiktionary Translations for guile:

guile

verb

to deceive, to beguile
- guile → tromper; entourlouper

noun

astuteness, cunning
- guile → ruse; fourberie

guile

noun

Procédé ingénieux
- ruse → artifice; guile; ruse; trick

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• guile	→ ruse	↔ List — zählbar: schlauer Plan, ein bestimmtes Ziel mithilfe einer Täuschung zu erreichen

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for guile

woman's guile

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University