connaissance
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old French conoissance, from Late Latin cognōscentia, from Latin cognōscēns.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 readingEdit
- “connaissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.