French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sçavoir

  1. Obsolete spelling of savoir

Noun edit

sçavoir m (plural sçavoirs)

  1. Obsolete spelling of savoir

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French savoir, with the inserted ⟨ç⟩ based on an incorrect assumption that the word derives from Latin scīre.

Verb edit

sçavoir

  1. to know

Conjugation edit

  • C becomes ç before a. Highly irregular.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Noun edit

sçavoir f (plural sçavoirs)

  1. knowledge
    • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:
      car leur sçavoir n'estoit que besterie et leur sapience n'estoit que moufles
      for their knowledge was just nonsense and their wisdom was just waffle.

Synonyms edit