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— English words —

• finesse n. (Uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
• finesse n. (Uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
• finesse n. (Countable) An adroit manoeuvre.
• finesse n. (Countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually…
• finesse v. (Transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (A problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever…
• finesse v. (Intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
• finesse v. (Transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
• finesse v. (Intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.

— English words, defined in French —

• finesse n. Finesse.
• finesse n. (Bridge, Cartes à jouer) Impasse.
• finesse v. Finesse.

— In German —

• Finesse S. Besonders raffiniert ausgedachte Vorgehensweise.
• Finesse S. Eigenschaft, besonders schlau und durchtrieben zu sein.
• Finesse S. Ausschmückendes Detail, besondere Eigenschaft, technische Raffinesse.

— In Dutch —

• finesse n. Kneepje, laatste belangrijke detail.
• finesse n. Snit, bij het bridge de hoogste kaart niet spelen.

— In French —

• finesse n.f. Qualité de ce qui est fin, délié ou menu.
• finesse n.f. Qualité ce qui a une forme délicate et agréable.
• finesse n.f. (Gravure, Peinture) Manière de peindre, de graver, de dessiner…
• finesse n.f. (En particulier) (Au pluriel) Effets de touche, de ton…
• finesse n.f. Délicatesse, en parlant des sens.
• finesse n.f. (Sens figuré) Délicatesse de l’esprit, du goût, du jugement.
• finesse n.f. (Par analogie) Qualité des choses faites pour être appréciées…
• finesse n.f. La chose même qui est difficile à sentir, à saisir, à pénétrer.
• finesse n.f. (Absolument) La finesse d’esprit.
• finesse n.f. Ruse ; artifice. Invention cousue de fil blanc, machination…

53 English words from 8 English definitions

adroit allows attempt ball ball␣out bridge Canada card card␣games chiefly clever Countable croquet elegance etc evade finesse finessing games grace handling having Intransitive manipulation manoeuvre obsolete of␣a of␣an one opponent out out␣of out␣of␣the␣way play politics problem property refinement situation skill some technique the the␣way Transitive trick Uncountable using usually way which whist win

33 English words from 18 foreign definitions

artifice blanc bridge Cartes chose choses des detail difficile Effets esprit est fil fin finesse forme graver Gravure het Impasse Invention jugement machination menu Par pour Ruse sein sens Snit ton touche und

49 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

Absolument agréable analogie appréciées ausgedachte Ausschmückendes besondere besonders bij Cartes␣à␣jouer ce␣qui cousue cousue␣de␣fil␣blanc délicate Délicatesse délié dessiner durchtrieben Eigenschaft En␣particulier être faites figuré goût jouer kaart Kneepje laatste Manière même niet parlant particulier peindre Peinture pénétrer pluriel Qualité qui Raffinesse raffiniert saisir schlau Sens␣figuré sentir spelen technische une Vorgehensweise

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

finessed finesser finesses finessers

10 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unfinessed goofinesses leafinesses outfinessed outfinesses puffinesses fluffinesses griffinesses sniffinesses stuffinesses

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

outfinesse superfinesse

24 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ess ESS -ess Ess. esse fin Fin FIN fin. Fin. f***in' fine Fine fines Fines -ine I-ness in␣esse NES ness Ness -ness -nesse SSE

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Enif ess ESS -ess Ess. esse Essen sen Sen SEN Sen. SSE

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

fesselin fiendess fineless fineness finessed finesser finesses fireness fiveness lifeness rifeness Siefkens

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Essien Fienes in␣esse insees neifes Neises Neisse Nessie Nieses sees␣in seines sensei sensie Sinese

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

in␣esse

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