Polyglot Dictionary

stratagème

/stʁataʒɛm/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
stratagèmes

Meaning

  1. stratagem

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gambit

gambit and stratagème are close synonyms for a calculated maneuver or scheme, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

English

dodge a bullet

En sentido figurado, "dodge a bullet" (esquivar una bala) implica haber evitado un peligro gracias a un stratagème (estratagema) o simplemente a la suerte.

English

gambit

stratagème es muy cercano a gambit, ambos describen una maniobra calculada, aunque gambit se usa más en ajedrez o en negociaciones, mientras que stratagème es más general.

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