connaissance

Inherited from Old French conoissance, from Late Latin cognōscentia, from Latin cognōscēns.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /kɔ.ne.sɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

connaissance f (plural connaissances)

1. knowledge

   avoir une bonne connaissance des animaux ― to have a good knowledge of animals

2. (countable, uncountable) acquaintance

   une connaissance ― an acquaintance

   faire la connaissance de quelqu'un ― to become acquainted with someone, to get to know someone

• savoir

• “connaissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.