connaître

== French == === Alternative forms === connaitre (post-1990 spelling) connoître (obsolete) === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛtʁ/ === Verb === connaître (transitive) to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event) (transitive) to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.) (transitive, archaic, euphemistic) to know (sexually) (pronominal) to be knowledgeable (en about) C'est toi qui t'y connais! ― You're the expert! (literally, “It is you who knows!”) (law, somewhat archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense of "to know something to be true", the verb savoir is used. ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'. This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “connaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “connaître”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “connaître” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. === Anagrams === actionner, container, encornait, reconnait, reconnaît, renonçait == Norman == === Alternative forms === counaîte (France, Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere. === Verb === connaître (Jersey) to know ==== Derived terms ==== connaître de vue (“to know by sight”)