subtil

adjective

Syllable Decomposition

subtil

the old French soutil, sutil, sotif, underwent a reconstruction on its Latin etymon subtilis ("fine"; "delicate, penetrating"), composed of sub- and tela ("web").

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:subtil
  • englishenglish:subtle
  • spanishspanish:sutil
  • italianitalian:sottile
  • dutchdutch:spitsvondig
  • polishpolish:delikatny
  • portugueseportuguese:sutil
  • swedishswedish:subtil

See also

subtilisation (cn.) subtile (adj.) subtiliser (v.) subtilité (cn.) subtils (adj.) subtiles (adj.)