savoir

Meaning

1. to know (something)
2. to know how (to do something)
3. to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium)
4. to find out

know

be able

able to

know how

have it away

know how to

be acquainted with

be informed

be intimate

have knowledge of

scientific attainments

literary ability

have thorough knowledge

to be able

be aware of

have a go at it

have intercourse

être capable

être capable de

omitted when translating verbs relating to the senses

s’y connaître

être informé

faire l’amour

y voir clair

avoir des relations sexuelles

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.vwaʁ/

Inherited from Old French

savoir

Inherited from Latin

sapio

In summary

Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre. comments

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semble pas savoir parler
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She doesn't seem to know how to speak.

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