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prestidigitateur: a magician doing sleight-of-hand tricks.

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French words presto and digit?

Prestidigitation. Sleight of hand or legerdemain.


What is Presto digit magical illusion?

from the words presto digiti (fingers' nimbleness), an illusionist created the word "Prestidigitation" called in English sleight of hand.


What french words presto and digit mean optical illusion?

- un prestidigitateur (the man doing the illusion), une prestidigitatrice (fem.). They are also called " illusioniste " or " magicien ". - la prestidigitation (fem.) (the sleigh of hand itself).


What word that comes from the french words pesto and digit that means to conjure or to create a magical illusion?

From French "preste" (nimble, quick) and the Latin "digitus" (finger), the French language adopted the words "prestidigitateur" (the person performing sleigh-of-hand tricks) and prestidigitation (legerdemain, a French-originating term that is long forgotten in French, althought that reads "light of hand"). This has nothing to do with magical spells, but only with using hand agility to deceive the spectator.


What word comes from the French word ravager?

The English word "ravage" (noun and verb) comes from the French words ravager (verb) and ravage (masculine noun).


Why does French have masculine and feminine words?

Because French comes (mainly) from Latin. (In Latin there's neuter as well!)


5 words commonly used in English that comes from french eg.baguette?

it the as i look me


Embankment built to prevent a river overflowing?

The only other words that could be used in this context are "dike" and "levee", which comes from the French language meaning 'raised up'.


What state comes from the French words vert?

The state of Vermont is named after the French 'vert mont', literally "green mount".


What are some kool magic words?

alacazam, abra cadabra, ala cazoo, presto!


Where does the 'w' in French come from?

The letter 'w' is pronounced as 'double ve'. The letter comes from the non-French and non-Romance language words that add to French vocabularly. Many of the words are of German, English or Arabic origin.


Is Vermont named after something?

It comes from the french words "Monts Verts," meaning "Green Mountains"