conoscere

== Italian == === Alternative forms === cognoscere (archaic, literary) chignoscere (Gombitelli) conósciare (Old Arretine) === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈnoʃ.ʃe.re/ Rhymes: -oʃʃere Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sce‧re === Verb === conóscere (first-person singular present conósco, first-person singular past historic conóbbi, past participle conosciùto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to know (a person or place), to meet (a person), to experience (transitive) to recognise/recognize ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== sapere (however, sapere means to know an information; conoscere means to know a person, or a place, or a topic.)