From en.wiktionary.org:
[Cunning]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm], alteration of earlier [en], [enm], [enm], from
[en], present participle of [ang], equivalent to [en]. Cognate with [sco],
[de], [is]. More at [en], [en].
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Sly ; crafty ; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
2. * [passage=They are resolved to be CUNNING ; let others run the hazard of being sincere.]
3. [en] Skillful , artful .
4. * [Genesis]
5. * [Exodus]
6. * [I]
7. [en] Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
8. * [book=II]
9. [en] Cute , appealing .
10. * [en]
11. * [chapter=XV]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
- [ja]
***** Translations
[sly]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kott: [zko]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz]
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[skillful]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Telugu: [te]
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[cute]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
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[checktrans-top]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Ido: [io]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no] , [no]
- Old English: [ang]
- Telugu: [te]
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*** Etymology 2
[en] From [en], [enm], partially from [en], from [en]; partially from [en],
from [ang], equivalent to [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. Practical knowledge or experience ; aptitude in performance; skill , proficiency ; dexterity .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=w:Plato | title=Sophist | translator=Lesley Brown | page=236d
|passage=_indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost CUNNING
into a form that's most perplexing to investigate._}}
1. Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft ; artifice ; skillful deceit ; art or magic .
2. * [III]
3. The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness ; guile ; artifice ; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving , or deceitful.
4. The natural wit or instinct s of an animal.
5. [en] Knowledge ; learning ; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
***** Synonyms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Derived terms
- wortcunning
***** Translations
[skill of being sly or deceitful]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chukchi: [ckt]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
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[aptitude]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] ,
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Telugu: [te]
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