cunning

Etymology 1
From, , , alteration of earlier , , , from , present participle of , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at,.

Adjective

 * 1) Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
 * 2)  Skillful, artful.
 * 3)  Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
 * 4)  Cute, appealing.
 * 1)  Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
 * 2)  Cute, appealing.
 * 1)  Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
 * 2)  Cute, appealing.
 * 1)  Cute, appealing.
 * 1)  Cute, appealing.
 * 1)  Cute, appealing.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَاكِر
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: prohnaný, mazaný,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: renarte, tréfego, xistrón, solerte, sangual,, prosmeiro, , galdrido, matreiro
 * Georgian: ცბიერი, მზაკვრული, ქვეშქვეშა, ეშმაკი
 * German:, , , , , , listenreich, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κίδαφος, πυκνός
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Ingrian: veekas, kavala
 * Irish: glic
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kott: āru
 * Latin: vafer, callidus, versūtus
 * Latvian: viltīgs
 * Lithuanian: gudrus
 * Norman: rusé
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: хꙑтръ, лѫкавъ
 * Old English: ġēaplīċ
 * Ottoman Turkish: قورناز, آصمق
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: seòlta
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лукав, препреден, подмукао
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: mazaný,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: tuso
 * Ukrainian: хи́трий, лука́вий


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ცბიერი
 * German:, , , , , , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στρεβλός
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: callidus
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seòlta
 * Slovak: chytrý
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Czech: rozkošný, ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * French:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Norman:
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Old English:
 * Telugu:

Etymology 2
From, , partially from , from ; partially from , from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
 * 2) Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
 * 3) The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
 * 4) The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
 * 5)  Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
 * 1) The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
 * 2)  Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
 * 1)  Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

Derived terms

 * wortcunning

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chukchi: гыттагыргын
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Gerissenheit
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: πανοῦργος
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: versūtia
 * Macedonian: итрина
 * Maori: rauhanga
 * Middle English: sleighte
 * Norwegian: snedighet
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , cuquería
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:
 * Middle English: sleighte
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, cuquería
 * Telugu: