"know-how" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊ.haʊ/ [UK], /ˈnoʊ.haʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-know-how.wav [US]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊhaʊ, (US) -oʊhaʊ Etymology: American English, 1838. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} know-how (uncountable)
  1. The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly). Tags: uncountable Synonyms: expertise, knowhow Derived forms: snow-how Translations (the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly): دِرَايَة (dirāya) [feminine] (Arabic), بَرَاعَة (barāʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), مَهَارَة (mahāra) [feminine] (Arabic), حِذْق (ḥiḏq) [masculine] (Arabic), умение (umenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вещина (veština) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ноу-хау (nou-hau) (Bulgarian), 技巧 (jìqiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 技能 (jìnéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 知識 (Chinese Mandarin), 知识 (zhīshi) (Chinese Mandarin), sagkundskab [common-gender] (Danish), know-how [common-gender] (Danish), scipovo (Esperanto), oskusteave (Estonian), tietotaito (Finnish), know-how (Finnish), osaaminen (Finnish), savoir-faire (French), ნოუ ჰაუ (nou hau) (Georgian), ნოუ-ჰაუ (nou-hau) (Georgian), იცოდე როგორ (icode rogor) (english: know how [to do something]) (Georgian), Fachwissen (German), Sachkenntnis [neuter] (German), Know-how [neuter] (German), व्यवहार-ज्ञान (vyavhār-jñān) [masculine] (Hindi), conoscenza [feminine] (Italian), sapere fare [masculine] (Italian), ノウハウ (nōhau) (Japanese), 노하우 (nohau) (Korean), спо́собност (spósobnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ве́штина (véština) [feminine] (Macedonian), مهارت (mahârat) (Persian), دانش (dâneš) (Persian), know-how [neuter] (Polish), saber-fazer [masculine] (Portuguese), savoir-faire [masculine] (Portuguese), know-how [masculine] (Portuguese), ноу-ха́у (nou-xáu) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian), know-how [masculine] (Spanish), saber hacer [masculine] (Spanish), sakkunskap [common-gender] (Swedish), know-how (Swedish), โนว์ฮาว (Thai), ноу-ха́у (nou-xáu) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-know-how-en-noun-uMjlD8J~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "text": "Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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          ],
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nou-hau",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìqiǎo",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhīshi",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "word": "scipovo"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "word": "oskusteave"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "word": "tietotaito"
        },
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          "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",
          "word": "Fachwissen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sachkenntnis"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "(UK) -əʊhaʊ"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊhaʊ"
    },
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  "word": "know-how"
}
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: know-how",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Danish: know-how"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Finnish: know-how",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Finnish: know-how"
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          "args": {
            "1": "de",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Know-how",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ German: Know-how"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "know-how",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: know-how",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: know-how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ノウハウ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ノウハウ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ノウハウ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "know-how",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: know-how",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: know-how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ноу-хау",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ноу-хау (nou-xau)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ноу-хау (nou-xau)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "know-how",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: know-how",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: know-how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "know-how",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: know-how",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: know-how"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "โนว์ฮาว",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: โนว์ฮาว",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: โนว์ฮาว"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "American English, 1838.",
  "head_templates": [
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/oʊhaʊ",
        "Rhymes:English/oʊhaʊ/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊhaʊ",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊhaʊ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "expertise"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnəʊ.haʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnoʊ.haʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -əʊhaʊ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊhaʊ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nohow"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "knowhow"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
      "word": "知識"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīshi",
      "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
      "word": "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",
      "word": "Fachwissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "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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