subtil
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
subtil (comparative more subtil, superlative most subtil)
- Obsolete form of subtle; sly, artful, cunning
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:1:
- Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Wisdom of Solomon 7:22–23:
- For wisedome which is the worker of all things, taught mee: for in her is an vnderstanding spirit holy, one onely, manifold, subtile, liuely, cleare, vndefiled, plaine, not subiect to hurt, louing the thing that is good, quicke, which cānot be letted, ready to do good: Kinde to man, stedfast, sure, free from care, hauing all power, ouerseeing all things, and going through all vnderstanding, pure, and most subtile spirits.
References edit
- subtil in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil m or f (masculine and feminine plural subtils)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “subtil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “subtil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “subtil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin subtīlis (“fine, thin”), from sub + tēla (“a web”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil
Inflection edit
| Inflection of subtil | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | subtil | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | subtilt | — | —2 |
| Plural | subtile | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | subtile | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References edit
- “subtil” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned term, modified from the inherited Old French sotil, soutil after the original etymology, Latin subtīlis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil (feminine subtile, masculine plural subtils, feminine plural subtiles)
Further reading edit
- “subtil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil (strong nominative masculine singular subtiler, comparative subtiler, superlative am subtilsten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of subtil
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist subtil | sie ist subtil | es ist subtil | sie sind subtil | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | subtiler | subtile | subtiles | subtile |
| genitive | subtilen | subtiler | subtilen | subtiler | |
| dative | subtilem | subtiler | subtilem | subtilen | |
| accusative | subtilen | subtile | subtiles | subtile | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der subtile | die subtile | das subtile | die subtilen |
| genitive | des subtilen | der subtilen | des subtilen | der subtilen | |
| dative | dem subtilen | der subtilen | dem subtilen | den subtilen | |
| accusative | den subtilen | die subtile | das subtile | die subtilen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein subtiler | eine subtile | ein subtiles | (keine) subtilen |
| genitive | eines subtilen | einer subtilen | eines subtilen | (keiner) subtilen | |
| dative | einem subtilen | einer subtilen | einem subtilen | (keinen) subtilen | |
| accusative | einen subtilen | eine subtile | ein subtiles | (keine) subtilen | |
Comparative forms of subtil
Superlative forms of subtil
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Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
subtil
- Alternative form of sotil
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
subtil (masculine and feminine subtil, neuter subtilt, definite singular and plural subtile)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
subtil (neuter subtilt, definite singular and plural subtile)
References edit
- “subtil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil m or f (plural subtis)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of sutil.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French subtil and Latin subtīlis. Doublet of subțire.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtil m or n (feminine singular subtilă, masculine plural subtili, feminine and neuter plural subtile)
Declension edit
Declension of subtil
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | subtil | subtilă | subtili | subtile | ||
| definite | subtilul | subtila | subtilii | subtilele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | subtil | subtile | subtili | subtile | ||
| definite | subtilului | subtilei | subtilelor | subtililor | |||
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Swedish edit
Adjective edit
subtil (comparative subtilare, superlative subtilast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of subtil | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | subtil | subtilare | subtilast |
| Neuter singular | subtilt | subtilare | subtilast |
| Plural | subtila | subtilare | subtilast |
| Masculine plural3 | subtile | subtilare | subtilast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | subtile | subtilare | subtilaste |
| All | subtila | subtilare | subtilaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms edit
- subtilitet (“subtlety”)