What does rusé in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word rusé in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rusé in French.

The word rusé in French means cunning, crafty, sly, wily, slick, craftiness, cunning, trick, stratagem, ruse, use cunning, use duplicity, get around, by trickery, wily as a fox, cunning as a fox, artful trick. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rusé

cunning, crafty, sly, wily

adjectif (qui use de stratégie)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Le renard est un animal rusé.
Foxes are crafty animals.

slick

adjectif (habile)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
C'est un procédé rusé.
It's a slick process.

craftiness, cunning

nom féminin (trait de caractère)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faut faire preuve de ruse en politique.
You have to show cunning in politics.

trick, stratagem, ruse

nom féminin (subterfuge, stratagème)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai trouvé une ruse pour faire venir Damien chez moi, où aura lieu son anniversaire surprise. Les Grecs sont entrés dans Troie par ruse.
The Greeks got into Troy by subterfuge.

use cunning, use duplicity

verbe intransitif (employer la ruse)

Il est malin, il ruse pour arriver à ses fins.
He is smart; he uses cunning to achieve his aims.

get around

verbe transitif indirect (faire des détours)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
Ce lutteur ruse avec les adversaires moins corpulents que lui.
This wrestler gets around opponents who are less heavy than him.

by trickery

locution adverbiale (par un subterfuge)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Il attrapa par ruse son premier gibier.

wily as a fox, cunning as a fox

locution adjectivale (très rusé)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

artful trick

nom féminin (ruse très habile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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