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1) General subject: acridity, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, bite, crack, exquisiteness (ощущения), fineness (чувств), incision, jest, joke, keenness, knee slapper, laugh line, nifty, one liner, penetration (взгляда и т. п.), pepper, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quickness, quickness (ума), quip, quirk, sally, savor, savour, sharpness, spear, spice, sting, subtility, subtlety (ума, восприятия), wheeze, wisecrack, witticism, yak, yok, repartee4) American: knee-slapper, one-liner5) French: bon mot, jeu d'esprit, mot6) Engineering: fineness (интерферометра)7) Mathematics: delicacy9) Psychology: acuity (ощущения, восприятия)10) Theatre: gag12) Information technology: actuity -
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2) Colloquial: nifty3) French: jeu d'esprit4) Cinema: one-liner5) Jargon: wise-crack, wisecrack, zinger6) Makarov: a pinch of pungent wit, pinch of pungent witУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > остроумное замечание
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acuteness имя существительное:sharpness (острота, сметливость)acuteness (острота, сообразительность)bon mot (острота, оостроумное выражение)словосочетание:
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Jeu d'Esprit — Jeu d Es|prit* [ʒødɛs pri] das; , Jeux d Esprit [ʒø...] <aus gleichbed. fr. jeu d esprit, eigtl. »Geistesspiel«; vgl. ↑Esprit> (veraltet) geistreicher Einfall, Wortspielerei … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Jeu d'esprit — Jeu d es prit [F., play of mind.] A witticism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jeu d'esprit — meaning ‘a witty or humorous trifle’, is pronounced zher des pree and is printed in italics. It has the plural form jeux d esprit (pronounced the same) … Modern English usage
jeu d'esprit — [zhö des prē′] n. pl. jeux d esprit [zhö] [Fr, lit., play of intellect] a clever, witty turn of phrase, piece of writing, etc … English World dictionary
jeu d'esprit* — jeu d es•prit [[t]ʒœ dɛsˈpri[/t]] n. pl. jeux d es•prit [[t]ʒœ[/t]] French. fot a witty remark or piece of writing • Etymology: lit., play of wit … From formal English to slang
jeu d'esprit — noun (plural jeux d esprit) Etymology: French, literally, play of the mind Date: 1712 a witty comment or composition … New Collegiate Dictionary
jeu d'esprit — /zhue des prddee /, pl. jeux d esprit /zhue des prddee /. French. 1. a witticism. 2. a literary work showing keen wit or intelligence rather than profundity. [lit., play of spirit] * * * … Universalium
jeu d'esprit — [ʒə: dɛ spri:] noun (plural jeux d esprit pronunciation same) a light hearted display of wit. Origin Fr., lit. game of the mind … English new terms dictionary
jeu d'esprit — n. (pl. jeux d esprit pronunc. same) a witty or humorous (usu. literary) trifle. Etymology: F, = game of the spirit … Useful english dictionary
jeu d'esprit — noun witticism; witty comment or composition … Wiktionary
jeu d'esprit — [Fr.] Joke, jest, quirk, quip, crank, sally, witticism, mot … New dictionary of synonyms