stratagem

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• US: /ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm/
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From Middle English stratageme, from Old French stratageme, from Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma, “the act of a general, a piece of generalship”), from στρατηγέω (stratēgéō, “to be a general, command an army”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “a general, the leader or commander of an army”). See strategy.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: хитрина (hitrina) — tactic
• Bulgarian: уловка (ulovka) — tactic
• Catalan: estratagema — tactic
• Chinese Cantonese: 伎倆 /伎俩 (gei6 loeng5) — tactic
• Chinese Cantonese: 計謀 /计谋 (gai3 mau4) — tactic
• Chinese Cantonese: 策略 (caak3 loek6) — tactic
• Chinese Cantonese: 花招 (faa1 ziu1) — tactic
• Chinese Cantonese: 戰略 /战略 (zin3 loek6) — tactic
• Chinese Mandarin: 伎倆 /伎俩 (jìliǎng) — tactic
• Danish: krigslist — tactic
• Danish: taktik — tactic
• Dutch: krijgslist — tactic
• Estonian: sõjakavalus — tactic
• Estonian: kavalus — tactic
• Finnish: petos — tactic
• Finnish: juoni — tactic
• Finnish: salajuoni — tactic
• French: stratagème — tactic
• German: Kriegslist — tactic
• German: Strategem — tactic
• German: Stratagem — tactic
• Greek: στρατήγημα (stratígima) — tactic
• Ancient Greek: στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma) — tactic
• Hungarian: hadicsel — tactic
• Indonesian: muslihat — tactic
• Indonesian: siasat — tactic
• Irish: beart — tactic
• Italian: stratagemma — tactic
• Italian: tattica — tactic
• Italian: schema — tactic
• Japanese: 計略 (keiryaku) — tactic
• Japanese: 謀略 (bōryaku) — tactic
• Japanese: 策略 (sakuryaku) — tactic
• Korean: 계략 (gyeryak) — tactic
• Korean: 계책 (gyechaek) — tactic
• Latin: sūtēla — tactic
• Latin: stratēgēma — tactic
• Māori: nuka — tactic
• Māori: rauhanga — tactic
• Norwegian: list — tactic
• Norwegian: krigslist — tactic
• Polish: fortel — tactic
• Polish: chwyt — tactic
• Polish: zagrywka — tactic
• Portuguese: estratagema — tactic
• Portuguese: maquinação — tactic
• Russian: уло́вка (ulóvka) — tactic
• Russian: хи́трость (xítrostʹ) — tactic
• Russian: ухищре́ние (uxiščrénije) — tactic
• Russian: стратаге́ма (stratagéma) — tactic
• Spanish: estratagema — tactic
• Spanish: trafique — tactic
• Swedish: krigslist — tactic
• Thai: ชั้นเชิง (chán-chəəng) — tactic
• Turkish: harp hilesi — tactic
• Turkish: savaş hilesi — tactic
• Ottoman Turkish: حیله (hile) — tactic
• Ottoman Turkish: اورند (evrend) — tactic
• Ukrainian: хитрість (xytristʹ) — tactic
• Ukrainian: трюк (trjuk) — tactic