connaissance
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conoissance, from Late Latin cognōscentia, from Latin cognōscēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃s/, /kɔ.ne.sɑ̃s/
audio (une connaissance) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
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
- “connaissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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