dexterous

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• /ˈdɛkstɹəs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English dexterous From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous. Displaced native Old English handcræftiġ.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: спры́тны (sprýtny) — skillful with one's hands
• Belarusian: зру́чны (zrúčny) — skillful with one's hands
• Belarusian: уме́лы (umjély) — skillful with one's hands
• Bulgarian: сръчен (srǎčen) — skillful with one's hands
• Bulgarian: умел (umel) — skillful with one's hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 機巧 /机巧 (jīqiǎo) — skillful with one's hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 靈巧 /灵巧 (língqiǎo) — skillful with one's hands
• Czech: zručný — skillful with one's hands
• Czech: šikovný — skillful with one's hands
• Danish: behændig — skillful with one's hands
• Dutch: handig — skillful with one's hands
• Dutch: behendig — skillful with one's hands
• Esperanto: manlerta — skillful with one's hands
• Finnish: kätevä — skillful with one's hands
• Finnish: näppärä — skillful with one's hands
• Finnish: kätevä käsistään — skillful with one's hands
• French: adroit — skillful with one's hands
• French: habile — skillful with one's hands
• Galician: hábil — skillful with one's hands
• Georgian: მარჯვე (marǯve) — skillful with one's hands
• Georgian: მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli) — skillful with one's hands
• Georgian: დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli) — skillful with one's hands
• Georgian: გაწაფული (gac̣apuli) — skillful with one's hands
• Georgian: ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri) — skillful with one's hands
• German: behänd — skillful with one's hands
• German: geschickt — skillful with one's hands
• German: fingerfertig — skillful with one's hands
• Hindi: दक्ष (dakṣ) — skillful with one's hands
• Hindi: दस्तकार (dastakār) — skillful with one's hands
• Italian: destro — skillful with one's hands
• Italian: abile — skillful with one's hands
• Italian: ingegnoso — skillful with one's hands
• Japanese: 器用な (kiyō na) — skillful with one's hands
• Latvian: veikls — skillful with one's hands
• Macedonian: спретен (spreten) — skillful with one's hands
• Macedonian: умешен (umešen) — skillful with one's hands
• Manx: aghtal — skillful with one's hands
• Māori: haratau — skillful with one's hands
• Mapudungun: trüf — skillful with one's hands
• Old English: handcræftiġ — skillful with one's hands
• Polish: zręczny — skillful with one's hands
• Polish: umiejętny — skillful with one's hands
• Portuguese: hábil/habilidoso (com as mãos) — skillful with one's hands
• Romanian: abil — skillful with one's hands
• Romanian: îndemânatic — skillful with one's hands
• Russian: ло́вкий (lóvkij) — skillful with one's hands
• Russian: прово́рный (provórnyj) — skillful with one's hands
• Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — skillful with one's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: вешт — skillful with one's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: вјешт — skillful with one's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: vešt — skillful with one's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: vješt — skillful with one's hands
• Slovak: zručný — skillful with one's hands
• Slovak: šikovný — skillful with one's hands
• Spanish: diestro — skillful with one's hands
• Spanish: hábil — skillful with one's hands
• Spanish: habiloso — skillful with one's hands
• Swedish: händig — skillful with one's hands
• Turkish: eli çabuk — skillful with one's hands
• Ukrainian: спри́тний (sprýtnyj) — skillful with one's hands
• Ukrainian: згра́бний (zhrábnyj) — skillful with one's hands
• Ukrainian: умі́лий (umílyj) — skillful with one's hands
• Bulgarian: ловък (lovǎk) — skillful in some specific thing
• Bulgarian: сръчен (srǎčen) — skillful in some specific thing
• Bulgarian: умел (umel) — skillful in some specific thing
• Bulgarian: изкусен (izkusen) — skillful in some specific thing
• Bulgarian: находчив (nahodčiv) — skillful in some specific thing
• Catalan: destre — skillful in some specific thing
• Crimean Tatar: çeber — skillful in some specific thing
• Dutch: handig — skillful in some specific thing
• Finnish: taitava — skillful in some specific thing
• Georgian: დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli) — skillful in some specific thing
• Georgian: ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri) — skillful in some specific thing
• Georgian: გაწაფული (gac̣apuli) — skillful in some specific thing
• German: geschickt — skillful in some specific thing
• German: gewandt — skillful in some specific thing
• German: tüchtig — skillful in some specific thing
• Hindi: दक्ष (dakṣ) — skillful in some specific thing
• Hindi: निपुण (nipuṇ) — skillful in some specific thing
• Hindi: कुशल (kuśal) — skillful in some specific thing
• Italian: abile — skillful in some specific thing
• Italian: svelto — skillful in some specific thing
• Latvian: veikls — skillful in some specific thing
• Macedonian: умешен (umešen) — skillful in some specific thing
• Macedonian: вешт (vešt) — skillful in some specific thing
• Manx: aghtal — skillful in some specific thing
• Polish: zręczny — skillful in some specific thing
• Polish: wprawny — skillful in some specific thing
• Portuguese: hábil — skillful in some specific thing
• Portuguese: habilidoso — skillful in some specific thing
• Romanian: abil — skillful in some specific thing
• Romanian: descurcăreț — skillful in some specific thing
• Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — skillful in some specific thing
• Russian: иску́сный (iskúsnyj) — skillful in some specific thing
• Slovak: šikovný — skillful in some specific thing
• Spanish: habilidoso — skillful in some specific thing
• Spanish: diestro — skillful in some specific thing
• Spanish: habiloso — skillful in some specific thing
• Spanish: hábil — skillful in some specific thing
• Spanish: mañoso — skillful in some specific thing
• Turkish: becerikli — skillful in some specific thing
• Turkish: hünerli — skillful in some specific thing
• Turkish: mahâhretli — skillful in some specific thing
• Turkish: mâhir — skillful in some specific thing
• Turkish: mârifetli — skillful in some specific thing
• Bulgarian: ловък (lovǎk) — agile; flexible
• Czech: pružný — agile; flexible
• Dutch: behendig — agile; flexible
• Finnish: ketterä — agile; flexible
• Finnish: jäntevä — agile; flexible
• Galician: áxil — agile; flexible
• Georgian: მკვირცხლი (mḳvircxli) — agile; flexible
• Georgian: მარდი (mardi) — agile; flexible
• Georgian: მოძრავი (moʒravi) — agile; flexible
• Georgian: ცოცხალი (cocxali) — agile; flexible
• German: agil — agile; flexible
• German: flexibel — agile; flexible
• German: flink — agile; flexible
• German: gewandt — agile; flexible
• Italian: agile — agile; flexible
• Italian: aggraziato — agile; flexible
• Latin: agilis — agile; flexible
• Latin: pernix — agile; flexible
• Latvian: veikls — agile; flexible
• Latvian: vingrs — agile; flexible
• Polish: zręczny — agile; flexible
• Polish: gibki — agile; flexible
• Portuguese: ágil — agile; flexible
• Russian: ло́вкий (lóvkij) — agile; flexible
• Russian: ги́бкий (gíbkij) — agile; flexible
• Serbo-Croatian: savitljiv — agile; flexible
• Serbo-Croatian: felksibilan — agile; flexible
• Slovak: ladný — agile; flexible
• Spanish: diestro — agile; flexible
• Turkish: atik — agile; flexible
• Turkish: çevik — agile; flexible