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• /ˈtɹɪk/
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From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), or one of its derivatives (e.g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.); yet the Old French verb is equally likely to be derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“dodge, search for detours; haggle, quibble”). The term has been connected to Middle Dutch treck, trec (“draw, line, desire, game move, cord, stratagem, ruse, trick”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekken, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”). If they are related, trick would be cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages. Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.

316 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِيلَة (ḥīla) — something designed to fool
• Azerbaijani: qurğu — something designed to fool
• Azerbaijani: hiylə — something designed to fool
• Azerbaijani: kələk — something designed to fool
• Azerbaijani: telə — something designed to fool
• Basque: azerikeria — something designed to fool
• Bulgarian: хитрост (hitrost) — something designed to fool
• Bulgarian: измама (izmama) — something designed to fool
• Catalan: truc — something designed to fool
• Chinese Mandarin: 詭計 /诡计 (guǐjì) — something designed to fool
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙術 /骗术 (piànshù) — something designed to fool
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡作劇 /恶作剧 (èzuòjù) — something designed to fool
• Danish: trick — something designed to fool
• Danish: knep — something designed to fool
• Esperanto: truko — something designed to fool
• Esperanto: ruzo — something designed to fool
• Estonian: vemp — something designed to fool
• Estonian: temp — something designed to fool
• Estonian: trikk — something designed to fool
• Finnish: temppu — something designed to fool
• Finnish: trikki — something designed to fool
• French: tour — something designed to fool
• Galician: truque — something designed to fool
• Galician: godalla — something designed to fool
• Galician: galloufada — something designed to fool
• Galician: embeño — something designed to fool
• Galician: endroma — something designed to fool
• Galician: retranca — something designed to fool
• German: List — something designed to fool
• German: Falle — something designed to fool
• German: Finte — something designed to fool
• German: Trick — something designed to fool
• Ancient Greek: δόλος (dólos) — something designed to fool
• Ancient Greek: πανούργημα (panoúrgēma) — something designed to fool
• Hebrew: טריק — something designed to fool
• Hebrew: תכסיס — something designed to fool
• Hebrew: לַהֲטוּט (lahatút) — something designed to fool
• Hindi: चाल (cāl) — something designed to fool
• Hungarian: trükk — something designed to fool
• Hungarian: csíny — something designed to fool
• Hungarian: csel — something designed to fool
• Indonesian: muslihat — something designed to fool
• Indonesian: kecohan — something designed to fool
• Italian: inbroglio — something designed to fool
• Japanese: 欺き (azamuki) — something designed to fool
• Japanese: 企み (takurami) — something designed to fool
• Latin: dolus — something designed to fool
• Latin: sūtēla — something designed to fool
• Latin: captiō — something designed to fool
• Macedonian: и́трина (ítrina) — something designed to fool
• Macedonian: фи́нта (fínta) — something designed to fool
• Macedonian: и́змама (ízmama) — something designed to fool
• Norman: farche — something designed to fool
• Norwegian: trick — something designed to fool
• Norwegian: trikk — something designed to fool
• Norwegian: triks — something designed to fool
• Norwegian: knep — something designed to fool
• Persian: حقه (hoqqe) — something designed to fool
• Persian: نیرنگ (neyrang) — something designed to fool
• Persian: ترفند (tarfand) — something designed to fool
• Plautdietsch: Faks — something designed to fool
• Portuguese: artimanha — something designed to fool
• Portuguese: truque — something designed to fool
• Russian: обма́н (obmán) — something designed to fool
• Russian: трюк (trjuk) — something designed to fool
• Russian: уло́вка (ulóvka) — something designed to fool
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas — something designed to fool
• Scottish Gaelic: car — something designed to fool
• Spanish: truco — something designed to fool
• Spanish: artimaña — something designed to fool
• Spanish: engañifa — something designed to fool
• Spanish: treta — something designed to fool
• Spanish: triquiñuela — something designed to fool
• Spanish: cancamusa — something designed to fool
• Spanish: candonga — something designed to fool
• Spanish: engañifla — something designed to fool
• Swedish: trick — something designed to fool
• Swedish: fint — something designed to fool
• Swedish: knep — something designed to fool
• Telugu: జిత్తు (jittu) — something designed to fool
• Turkish: hile — something designed to fool
• Turkish: numara — something designed to fool
• Turkish: oyun — something designed to fool
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — something designed to fool
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیق (kazık) — something designed to fool
• Welsh: tric — something designed to fool
• Yiddish: קונץ (kunts) — something designed to fool
• Azerbaijani: fokus — magic trick
• Belarusian: фо́кус (fókus) — magic trick
• Belarusian: трук (truk) — magic trick
• Bulgarian: фо́кус (fókus) — magic trick
• Bulgarian: трик (trik) — magic trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 把戲 /把戏 (bǎxì) — magic trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲法 /戏法 (xìfǎ) — magic trick
• Czech: trik — magic trick
• Czech: kouzlo — magic trick
• Danish: trick — magic trick
• Esperanto: truko — magic trick
• Finnish: temppu — magic trick
• Finnish: taikatemppu — magic trick
• French: tour — magic trick
• Galician: truco — magic trick
• Galician: truque — magic trick
• German: Trick — magic trick
• German: Kunststück — magic trick
• Hebrew: לַהֲטוּט (lahatút) — magic trick
• Hungarian: bűvészmutatvány — magic trick
• Hungarian: bűvésztrükk — magic trick
• Hungarian: mutatvány — magic trick
• Indonesian: sulap — magic trick
• Indonesian: sunglap — magic trick
• Indonesian: silap mata — magic trick
• Japanese: 手品 (tejina) — magic trick
• Japanese: トリック (torikku) — magic trick
• Latin: praestīgiae — magic trick
• Macedonian: трик (trik) — magic trick
• Norwegian: trikk — magic trick
• Norwegian: triks — magic trick
• Portuguese: truque — magic trick
• Russian: фо́кус (fókus) — magic trick
• Russian: трюк (trjuk) — magic trick
• Scottish Gaelic: cleas — magic trick
• Spanish: truco — magic trick
• Swedish: trick — magic trick
• Swedish: trolleritrick — magic trick
• Swedish: trollkonst — magic trick
• Swedish: trolldom — magic trick
• Telugu: కనికట్టు (kanikaṭṭu) — magic trick
• Telugu: ఇంద్రజాలం (indrajālaṁ) — magic trick
• Turkish: numara — magic trick
• Turkish: sihir numarası — magic trick
• Turkish: sihirbaz numarası — magic trick
• Turkish: sihirbazlık numarası — magic trick
• Ukrainian: фо́кус (fókus) — magic trick
• Ukrainian: трюк (trjuk) — magic trick
• Welsh: tric — magic trick
• Yiddish: טריק (trik) — magic trick
• Yiddish: קונץ (kunts) — magic trick
• Bulgarian: трик (trik) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 诀窍 (juéqiào) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Czech: fígl — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Danish: trick — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Danish: fidus — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Danish: kneb — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Dutch: truc — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Finnish: temppu — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Finnish: juju — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• French: astuce — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• French: truc — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Galician: solercia — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Galician: retranca — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Galician: barma — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Galician: estrucia — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Galician: renartería — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• German: Trick — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• German: Kniff — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Hebrew: תַּכְסִיס (tachsís) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Hungarian: trükk — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Hungarian: fortély — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Hungarian: fogás — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Indonesian: kiat — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Indonesian: slah — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Indonesian: trik — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Italian: trucco — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Javanese: upaya — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Latin: astus — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Latin: stropha — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Latin: techina — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Macedonian: трик (trik) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Macedonian: фи́нта (fínta) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Macedonian: штос (štos) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Middle English: sleighte — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Plautdietsch: Faks — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Polish: trik — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Polish: sposób — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Polish: sztuczka — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Polish: chwyt — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Polish: fortel — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Portuguese: truque — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Portuguese: macete — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Spanish: truco — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Swedish: knep — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat) — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Welsh: tric — effective, clever or quick way of doing something
• Bulgarian: шега (šega) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Bulgarian: закачка (zakačka) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Bulgarian: номер (nomer) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Finnish: kepponen — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Finnish: pila — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Finnish: jekku — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Finnish: jippo — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• French: pli — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• German: übler Scherz — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• German: übler Streich — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Ingrian: koirus — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Ingrian: pilla — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Macedonian: ше́га (šéga) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Macedonian: ма́јтап (májtap) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Macedonian: штос (štos) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Portuguese: peça — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Spanish: broma — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Swedish: spratt — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Welsh: pranc — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Welsh: cast — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Welsh: cestyn — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Welsh: rhosb — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Yiddish: שפּיצל (shpitsl) — mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank
• Bulgarian: взя́тка (vzjátka) — winning sequence in cards
• Bulgarian: ръка (rǎka) — winning sequence in cards
• Catalan: basa — winning sequence in cards
• Danish: stik — winning sequence in cards
• Finnish: tikki — winning sequence in cards
• French: pli — winning sequence in cards
• French: levée — winning sequence in cards
• German: Stich — winning sequence in cards
• Greek: μπάζα (báza) — winning sequence in cards
• Greek: χαρτωσιά (chartosiá) — winning sequence in cards
• Hebrew: לְקִיחָה — winning sequence in cards
• Hungarian: ütés — winning sequence in cards
• Norwegian: stikk — winning sequence in cards
• Polish: lewa — winning sequence in cards
• Polish: wziątka — winning sequence in cards
• Portuguese: vaza — winning sequence in cards
• Russian: взя́тка (vzjátka) — winning sequence in cards
• Spanish: baza — winning sequence in cards
• Swedish: stick — winning sequence in cards
• Welsh: tric — winning sequence in cards
• Finnish: temppu — slang: act of prostitution
• French: passe — slang: act of prostitution
• Hungarian: menet — slang: act of prostitution
• Hungarian: forduló — slang: act of prostitution
• Hungarian: numera — slang: act of prostitution
• Portuguese: programa — slang: act of prostitution
• Bulgarian: вахта на руля (vahta na rulja) — sailor's spell of work at the helm
• Finnish: ruorivuoro — sailor's spell of work at the helm
• French: quart — sailor's spell of work at the helm
• Spanish: cuarto — sailor's spell of work at the helm
• Bulgarian: изигравам (izigravam) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Bulgarian: измамвам (izmamvam) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Bulgarian: подвеждам (podveždam) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Bulgarian: скроявам номер (skrojavam nomer) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Catalan: enganyar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Catalan: ensarronar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Catalan: engalipar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Catalan: ensibornar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺骗 (qīpiàn) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Danish: lure — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Danish: narre — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Dutch: bedotten — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Dutch: beetnemen — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Dutch: foppen — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Dutch: bedreigen — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Dutch: misleiden — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Esperanto: mistifiki — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Esperanto: trompi — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: huijata — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: petkuttaa — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: huiputtaa — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: juksata — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: höynäyttää — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Finnish: vedättää — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• French: duper — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• French: tromper — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• French: rouler — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• French: embobiner — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• German: austricksen — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• German: überlisten — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• German: verarschen — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Greek: ξεγελάω (xegeláo) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Greek: ξεγελώ (xegeló) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Greek: εξαπατάω (exapatáo) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Greek: εξαπατώ (exapató) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hebrew: רימה (rimá) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hebrew: עבד על (avad al) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hindi: बहकाना (bahkānā) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hungarian: becsap — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hungarian: rászed — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hungarian: beugrat — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Hungarian: átver — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Italian: imbrogliare — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵخەڵەتاندن (hellxelletandin) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Central Kurdish: فێڵ کردن (fêll kirdin) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Latin: dolum faciō — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Latin: calvor — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Macedonian: и́змами (ízmami) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Malay: daya — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Malay: perdaya — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Māori: whakangaio — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Norwegian: lure — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Norwegian: narre — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Pennsylvania German: aabasse — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Portuguese: enganar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Portuguese: enrolar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Romanian: înșela — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Romanian: păcăli — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: одура́чивать (oduráčivatʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: одура́чить (oduráčitʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: облапо́шивать (oblapóšivatʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: облапо́шить (oblapóšitʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: надуть (nadutʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: надувать (naduvatʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Russian: обхитрить (obxitritʹ) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Spanish: engañar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Spanish: engrupir — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Spanish: engatar — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Swedish: lura — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Turkish: kandırmak — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Ukrainian: обма́нювати (obmánjuvaty) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Ukrainian: обману́ти (obmanúty) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Ukrainian: обду́рювати (obdúrjuvaty) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Ukrainian: обдури́ти (obdurýty) — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Vietnamese: lừa — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue
• Vietnamese: bịp — to fool; to cause to believe something untrue