subtilité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subtīlitātem. Displaced Old French sotileté.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /syp.ti.li.te/

Noun

subtilité f (plural subtilités)

(uncountable) subtlety
faire preuve de subtilité ― to be subtle
(countable) subtlety
les subtilités de la langue française ― the subtleties of the French language

Related terms

subtil

Further reading

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

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