reconnaître

Meaning

1. to recognize
2. to recognise (something or someone that one has encountered before)
3. to acknowledge, to admit (something is true)

Concepts

recognize

acknowledge

recognise

confess

reconnoiter

admit

examine

reconnoitre

distinguish

investigate

appreciate

explore

concede

know

research

scout

survey

agree

see

recce

differentiate

tell apart

recognition

recollection

remembrance

identify

spy

bump

chance

encounter

find

happen

own

overfly

patrol

taste

document

guarantee

dub

test

analyse

analyze

indagate

put out feelers

scan

scrutinize

search

study

view

avow

own up

unbosom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.kɔ.nɛtʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognōscere.

Sentences

Comme je l’ai dit précédemment , il faut savoir reconnaître ses erreurs .

As I said before, you have to know how to recognize your mistakes.

Omer fut près de reconnaître la justice du décret .

Omer was close to recognizing the justice of the decree.