See know-how in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008 April 20, G. Pascal Zachary, “How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.”, in New York Times:",
"text": "American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to “the postscientific society” as an unrecognized bonus for American creators of new products and services.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly)."
],
"links": [
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge"
],
[
"skill",
"skill"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "expertise"
},
{
"word": "savoir-faire"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnəʊ.haʊ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnoʊ.haʊ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "(UK) -əʊhaʊ"
},
{
"rhymes": "(US) -oʊhaʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "nohow"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dirāya",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دِرَايَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barāʕa",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَرَاعَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mahāra",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَهَارَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥiḏq",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حِذْق"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umenie",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "умение"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "veština",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вещина"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nou-hau",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "ноу-хау"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìqiǎo",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "技巧"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnéng",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "技能"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīshi",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "知識 /知识"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sagkundskab"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "scipovo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "oskusteave"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "tietotaito"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "osaaminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "savoir-faire"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nou hau",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "ნოუ ჰაუ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nou-hau",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "ნოუ-ჰაუ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"english": "know how [to do something]",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "icode rogor",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "იცოდე როგორ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Fachwissen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sachkenntnis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Know-how"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vyavhār-jñān",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "व्यवहार-ज्ञान"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conoscenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sapere fare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nōhau",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "ノウハウ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nohau",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "노하우"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "spósobnost",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спо́собност"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "véština",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́штина"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mahârat",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "مهارت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâneš",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "دانش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saber-fazer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "savoir-faire"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nou-xáu",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"indeclinable",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ноу-ха́у"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saber hacer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sakkunskap"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "know-how"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"word": "โนว์ฮาว"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nou-xáu",
"sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ноу-ха́у"
}
],
"word": "know-how"
}
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