"conversant" meaning in English

See conversant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈvɜːsənt/ [UK], /kənˈvɝsənt/ [US], /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sænt/ [obsolete], /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sənt/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-conversant.ogg Forms: more conversant [comparative], most conversant [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|conversant}} Old French conversant Head templates: {{en-adj}} conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)
  1. Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction. Categories (topical): People Translations (familiar): сведущ (svedušt) (Bulgarian), осведомен (osvedomen) (Bulgarian), компетентен (kompetenten) (Bulgarian), vertrouwd (Dutch), tuttu (Finnish), à l’aise (French), vertraut (German), בקיא (baqy) [masculine] (Hebrew), bewaundat (Plautdietsch), знако́мый (znakómyj) (Russian), све́дущий (svéduščij) (Russian), осведомлённый (osvedomljónnyj) (Russian), компете́нтный (kompeténtnyj) (Russian), versado (Spanish), förtrogen [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-conversant-en-adj-pK9gwA-3 Disambiguation of People: 47 31 0 22 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 39 11 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 40 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 39 11 35 Disambiguation of 'familiar': 59 40 1
  2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
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  3. (archaic) Concerned; occupied. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conversaunt [obsolete] Derived forms: conversancy, conversantly, inconversant, nonconversant, unconversant

Noun

IPA: /kənˈvɜːsənt/ [UK], /kənˈvɝsənt/ [US], /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sænt/ [obsolete], /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sənt/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-conversant.ogg Forms: conversants [plural]
Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|conversant}} Old French conversant Head templates: {{en-noun}} conversant (plural conversants)
  1. One who converses with another.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conversaunt [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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