connaître

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event)
  2. (transitive) to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.)
  3. (archaic, euphemistic, transitive) to know (sexually)
  4. (pronominal) to be knowledgeable (en about)
  5. (archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially

Concepts

know

be acquainted with

understand
experience
recognize
acquainted

be able

cognize
examine
familiar
feel
fuck
👉👌
get it on
get to know

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

have it off
have sex
hump
jazz
live
make love
make out
meet
recognise
roll in the hay
screw
sleep with
sympathise
sympathize
taste

be informed

be intimate

do it
eff
get laid
lie with

be understood

have thorough knowledge

be comprehended

be grasped

love
❤️
cognise
sleep together
acknowledge

know very well

bang

be aware of

bed
🛏️
Synonyms

savoir
A1
comprendre
A2
reconnaître
B2
vivre
A1
concevoir
C2
compatir
35k
connaitre
B2
croire
A1
de fer
demeurer
24k
en
A1
enculer
C2
endurer
C1
entendre
A1
éprouver
C2
expérience
A2
fourrer
C2
foutre
A2
homologuer
niquer
C2
👉👌
penser
A1
🤔
percevoir
23k
saisir
C1
sentir
A2
👃

s’y connaître

voir
A1
👀
y
A1

être au courant

être informé

faire l’amour

y voir clair

avoir des relations sexuelles

aimer
A2
❤️
enconner
👉👌
au courant
avoir
A1
baiser
B1
😗
bien
A1
👍
Translations

conoscere
conhecer
kennen
conocer

γνωρίζω

saber
kennen
wissen
saber
conèixer

ξέρω

عرف

conéisser

cognoscere
saber
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ.nɛtʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
conoistre
Inherited from Latin
Latin
cognosco
In summary

Inherited from Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere. One of few examples where ⟨oi⟩ had been turned into ⟨ai⟩ /ɛ/ instead of /wa/ (alongside adjectival -ais and imperfect tense endings).

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