connoisseur

English

Alternative forms

• connaisseur

Etymology

Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌkɒnəˈsɜr/, /ˌkɒnəˈsʊər/

Noun

Wikipedia connoisseur (plural connoisseurs)

1. A specialist of a given field whose opinion is valued; especially in one of the fine arts, or in a matter of taste
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste...

Synonyms

• cognoscente

Translations

specialist whose opinion is valued

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鑒定家 (cmn), 鉴定家 (cmn) (jiàndìngjiā)

• Czech: znalec (cs) m
• Dutch: kenner (nl) m
• Finnish: tuntija (fi), erikoistuntija (fi)
• French: connaisseur (fr) m
• German: Kenner (de) m
• Greek: ειδήμων (el) (eidímon) m
• Hungarian: műértő (hu)
• Italian: intenditore m, conoscitore m; esperto; connaisseur m
• Japanese: 鑑定家 (かんていか, kanteika), 目利き (mekiki), 鑑識家

• Korean: 감정가
• Macedonian: познавач (mk) (póznavač) m
• Polish: koneser m, znawca m
• Portuguese: connaisseur; (Brazil): conhecedor, perito
• Russian: знаток (ru) (znatók) m
• Serbo-Croatian: znalac (sh) m, ekspert (sh)
• Slovak: znalec (sk) m
• Spanish: connaisseur (es) m; connoisseur (es) m
• Swedish: konnässör (sv) c
• Turkish: (taste) meraklı (tr), mütehassıs (tr), uzman (tr), (taste) erbap (tr)

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French

Noun

connoisseur m (plural connoisseurs)

1. Obsolete spelling of connaisseur.