stratagem
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: stratagems
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: ploy, ruse
Tis pollicie and ſtratageme muſt doo / That you affect, and ſo muſt you reſolue, / That vvhat you cannot as you vvould atchiue, / You muſt perforce accompliſh as you may: […]
She will not yet be permitted to return to the Manor House: it is too convenient for 'treasons, stratagems,' &c.; and it is as well not to be put in the way of temptation: but she will be allowed perfect liberty in London.
While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
gloss: Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme:
Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts.
To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
gloss: Military deception or artifice.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Cunning and artifice in general.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A violent deed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Related words: strategic
strategist
strategy
Derived words: counterstratagem
North Carolina stratagem
stratagemic
stratagemical
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: хитрина
roman: hitrina
lang: Bulgarian
word: уловка
roman: ulovka
lang: Catalan
word: estratagema
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 伎倆 /伎俩
roman: gei⁶ loeng⁵
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 計謀 /计谋
roman: gai³ mau⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 策略
roman: caak³ loek⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 花招
roman: faa¹ ziu¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 戰略 /战略
roman: zin³ loek⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 伎倆 /伎俩
roman: jìliǎng
lang: Danish
word: krigslist
lang: Danish
word: taktik
lang: Dutch
word: krijgslist
lang: Estonian
word: sõjakavalus
lang: Estonian
word: kavalus
lang: Finnish
word: petos
lang: Finnish
word: juoni
lang: Finnish
word: salajuoni
lang: French
word: stratagème
lang: German
word: Kriegslist
lang: German
word: Strategem
lang: German
word: Stratagem
lang: Greek
word: στρατήγημα
roman: stratígima
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στρατήγημα
roman: stratḗgēma
lang: Hungarian
word: hadicsel
lang: Indonesian
word: muslihat
lang: Indonesian
word: siasat
lang: Irish
word: beart
lang: Italian
word: stratagemma
lang: Italian
word: tattica
lang: Italian
word: schema
lang: Japanese
word: 計略
roman: keiryaku
lang: Japanese
word: 謀略
roman: bōryaku
lang: Japanese
word: 策略
roman: sakuryaku
lang: Korean
word: 계략
roman: gyeryak
lang: Korean
word: 계책
roman: gyechaek
lang: Latin
word: sūtēla
lang: Latin
word: stratēgēma
lang: Māori
word: nuka
lang: Māori
word: rauhanga
lang: Norwegian
word: list
lang: Norwegian
word: krigslist
lang: Polish
word: fortel
lang: Polish
word: chwyt
lang: Polish
word: zagrywka
lang: Portuguese
word: estratagema
lang: Portuguese
word: maquinação
lang: Russian
word: уло́вка
roman: ulóvka
lang: Russian
word: хи́трость
roman: xítrostʹ
lang: Russian
word: ухищре́ние
roman: uxiščrénije
lang: Russian
word: стратаге́ма
roman: stratagéma
lang: Spanish
word: estratagema
lang: Spanish
word: trafique
lang: Swedish
word: krigslist
lang: Thai
word: ชั้นเชิง
roman: chán-chəəng
lang: Turkish
word: harp hilesi
lang: Turkish
word: savaş hilesi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: حیله
roman: hile
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اورند
roman: evrend
lang: Ukrainian
word: хитрість
roman: xytristʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: трюк
roman: trjuk