adroit

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of dīrigō (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + regō (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈdɹɔɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔɪt === Adjective === adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit) deft, dexterous, or skillful ==== Synonyms ==== habile See Thesaurus:skillful ==== Antonyms ==== clumsy maladroit ==== Derived terms ==== adroitness adroitly maladroit nonadroit ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tirado == French == === Etymology === à + droit. Doublet of adret. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dʁwa/ === Adjective === adroit (feminine adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites) skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled) ==== Descendants ==== → English: adroit → German: adrett→ Danish: adræt === Further reading === “adroit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === dorait, rodait, rôdait