connoisseur
English
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editEtymology
editAround 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/, /ˌkɑnəˈsʊɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnəˈsɜː/, /ˌkɒnəˈsʊə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun
editconnoisseur (plural connoisseurs)
- A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.
- beer connoisseur
- chocolate connoisseur
- wine connoisseur
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- It is evident, in spite of his frequent attention to her while she draws, that in fact he knows nothing of the matter. He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur.
- 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XIX, in Middlemarch […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
- No; nonsense, Naumann! English ladies are not at everybody’s service as models. And you want to express too much with your painting. You would only have made a better or worse portrait with a background which every connoisseur would give a different reason for or against.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste and still looking about him at the cliffs and up at our signboard.
Synonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- connoisseuse (informal, very rare)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editspecialist whose opinion is valued
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French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editconnoisseur m (plural connoisseurs, feminine connoisseuse)
- Obsolete spelling of connaisseur.
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