English-French translations for trump card

• atout
  Nous avons, pour y parvenir, des atouts que d'autres n'ont pas. For that purpose, we hold trump cards which others do not.
  Pour ce faire, nous ne manquons ni d'atouts, ni d'alliés. When it comes to taking action, we are short of neither trump cards nor allies.
  L'UE gaspille petit à petit ses atouts en agissant comme une superpuissance arrogante. The EU is gradually giving away its trump cards here by acting rather like an arrogant superpower.
• carte maîtresse
  On nous a dit que l’intellect sera notre atout, qu’il sera la carte maîtresse de l’Europe dans une économie de plus en plus mondialisée. We have been told that the intellect will come up trumps for us, that it is the trump card that Europe can play in an increasingly global economy.

Definition of trump card

• A playing card, of the trump suit that is held in reserve until needed to win a trick

Related words

• trump
• Trump
• trumpet
• strumpet
• trumpeter
• trumped-up
• Trumpian
• Trumpist
• trumpeting
• trumpery