subtilité

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin subtīlitātem. Displaced Old French sotileté.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

subtil

Further reading edit

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

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