cautèle

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cautēla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ko.tɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

cautèle f (plural cautèles)

slyness, wile, guile, artful caution

Derived terms

cauteleux

Further reading

“cautèle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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