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Translate tricky from English to French

Summary

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tricky:
- difficile; pénible
Wiktionary:
- tricky → épineux, compliqué, complexe, délicat, rusé, rusée, malin, retors
- tricky → pénible, difficile, délicat, compliqué, précaire

English

Detailed Translations for tricky from English to French

tricky:

tricky adj

tricky (aggravating; tough; incriminating)
difficile; pénible
- difficile adj
- pénible adj

Translation Matrix for tricky:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	catchy; slippery
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	delicate; tangled
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
difficile	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; exacting; hard; heavy; massive; painful; perilous; precarious; problematic; punish; review; severe; stiff; strenuous; tough; trying; worrisome
pénible	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	aggravating; annoying; awkward; bothersome; burdensome; critical; delicate; difficult; embarrassing; full of sadness; grievous; hard; heavy; hindrance-causing; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; massive; pained; painful; perilous; precarious; review; stiff; tough; troublesome; unfit; unsuitable; worrisome

Related Words for "tricky":

trickiness, trickier, trickiest

Synonyms for "tricky":

slippery; untrustworthy; untrusty
catchy; difficult; hard
crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; wily; artful

Related Definitions for "tricky":

having concealed difficulty¹
- a tricky recipe to follow¹
not to be trusted¹

Wiktionary Translations for tricky:

tricky

adjective

hard to deal with
- tricky → épineux; compliqué; complexe; délicat
adept at using deception
- tricky → rusé; rusée; malin; retors

tricky

adjective

Qui a de la ruse, qui est plein de ruses.
- rusé → devious; tricky; clever; cunning; sly; smart; crafty; sneaky; wily

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• tricky	→ pénible	↔ lastig — moeilijheden veroorzakend of opwerpend
• tricky	→ difficile	↔ diffizil — schwierig, kompliziert, heikel, auch schwer verständlich (im zwischenmenschlichen oder gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhang verwendet)
• tricky	→ délicat	↔ knifflig — heikel, viel Vorsicht und Fingerspitzengefühl erforderlich
• tricky	→ compliqué	↔ kompliziert — umständlich, undurchschaubar, schwierig, verzwickt, verstrickt
• tricky	→ précaire	↔ prekär — widerruflich, unsicher
• tricky	→ précaire; difficile; délicat	↔ prekär — heikel, schwierig, problematisch

Related Translations for tricky

a tricky question

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