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connaissance

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French conoissance, from Late Latin cognōscentia, from Latin cognōscēns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /kɔ.ne.sɑ̃s/
  • Audio; une connaissance:(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

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connaissance f (plural connaissances)

  1. knowledge
    avoir une bonne connaissance des animauxto have a good knowledge of animals
    • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante[1], page 1:
      Ils avaient, en un mot, la connaissance et le respect des deux lois qui président à toute bonne conception ornementale : l'étude approfondie du principe qui fournit le motif, et celle de la technique du métier qui devra réaliser celui-ci.
      In a word, they possessed a knowledge of—and respect for—the two laws that govern all sound ornamental design: the thorough study of the principle that yields the motif, and that of the craft technique required to execute it.
  2. (countable, uncountable) acquaintance
    une connaissancean acquaintance
    faire la connaissance de quelqu'unto become acquainted with someone, to get to know someone

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: konesans

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