conversant

English

Alternative forms

• conversaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French conversant, present participle of converser

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɝsənt/

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Adjective

conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)

1. closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction
2. familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed

   She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy

   • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.

3. (obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
   • (Can we date this quote by Wotton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.

Usage notes

• generally used with with, sometimes with in

Translations

familiar

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: сведущ (bg) (svedušt), осведомен (bg) (osvedomen), компетентен (bg) (kompetenten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tuttu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: à l’aise (fr)
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: בקיא (he) m (baqy), ^{(please verify)} בקיאה f (beqi'a) (2)
• Russian: знако́мый (ru) (znakómyj), све́дущий (ru) (svéduščij), осведомлённый (ru) (osvedomljónnyj), компете́нтный (ru) (kompeténtnyj)
• Spanish: versado (es)
• Swedish: förtrogen (sv) c

Noun

conversant (plural conversants)

1. One who converses with another.

Anagrams

• conservant

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Catalan

Verb

conversant

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French

Verb

conversant

1. present participle of converser

Anagrams

• conservant

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) conversant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of conversō