connaissance
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French conoissance, from Late Latin cognōscentia, from Latin cognōscēns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
connaissance f (plural connaissances)
- knowledge
- avoir une bonne connaissance des animaux ― to have a good knowledge of animals
- (countable, uncountable) acquaintance
- une connaissance ― an acquaintance
- faire la connaissance de quelqu’un ― to become acquainted with someone, to get to know someone
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Further reading[edit]
- “connaissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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