perspicace
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.spi.kas/
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Adjective
perspicace (plural perspicaces)
- perspicacious, insightful, perceptive, observant (showing keen insight)
- Near-synonym: clairvoyant
Derived terms
- perspicacement
- perspicacité
Descendants
- → Romanian: perspicace
Further reading
- “perspicace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pers.piˈka.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -atʃe
- Hyphenation: per‧spi‧cà‧ce
Adjective
perspicace m or f (plural perspicaci)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French perspicace.
Adjective
perspicace m or f or n (masculine plural perspicaci, feminine and neuter plural perspicace)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | perspicace | perspicace | perspicaci | perspicace | |||
| definite | perspicacele | perspicacea | perspicacii | perspicacele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | perspicace | perspicace | perspicaci | perspicace | |||
| definite | perspicacelui | perspicacei | perspicacilor | perspicacelor | ||||