"savoir" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /sa.vwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-savoir.ogg Forms: savoirs [plural]
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|savoir|savoir, saveir||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French savoir, saveir, {{inh+|fr|fro|savoir|savoir, saveir}} Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, {{inh|fr|VL.||*sapēre}} Vulgar Latin *sapēre, {{inh|fr|la|sapio|sapĕre|t=taste, know}} Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”), {{m|fr|sçavoir}} sçavoir, {{noncog|la|scio|scīre|t=know}} Latin scīre (“know”), {{m|fr|ai}} ai, {{m|la|habeō}} habeō, {{m|la|sapiat}} sapiat, {{m|fr|sache}} sache, {{m|fr|approcher}} approcher, {{m|fr|hache}} hache, {{m|fr|seiche}} seiche, {{m|la|*sapūtus}} *sapūtus, {{collapse|For centuries it was spelled <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">sçavoir</i>, with a silent ⟨ç⟩ inserted per a false etymology deriving the verb from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">scīre</i> (“know”). First person singular indicative present form comes from altered *saiō (compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">ai</i> ← *haiō ← <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">habeō</i>). The conjugations with /ʃ/ reflect a normal phonetic development. Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sapiat</i> > /ˈsapjat/ > */ˈsaptʃat/ > /ˈsatʃəθ/ > /ˈsaʃə/ > /saʃ/ ⟨<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">sache</i>⟩. Compare the evolution of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">approcher</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">hache</i>, or <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">seiche</i>. The past participle, the past historic and subjunctive imperfect stem su(-) comes from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">*sapūtus</i>.|bg=lightgray|title=Comments}} Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} savoir m (plural savoirs)
  1. knowledge Tags: masculine Synonyms: connaissance
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-noun-4PiVhy1l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sçavoir (alt: ca. 15th–18th c.)

Verb

IPA: /sa.vwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-savoir.ogg
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|savoir|savoir, saveir||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French savoir, saveir, {{inh+|fr|fro|savoir|savoir, saveir}} Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, {{inh|fr|VL.||*sapēre}} Vulgar Latin *sapēre, {{inh|fr|la|sapio|sapĕre|t=taste, know}} Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”), {{m|fr|sçavoir}} sçavoir, {{noncog|la|scio|scīre|t=know}} Latin scīre (“know”), {{m|fr|ai}} ai, {{m|la|habeō}} habeō, {{m|la|sapiat}} sapiat, {{m|fr|sache}} sache, {{m|fr|approcher}} approcher, {{m|fr|hache}} hache, {{m|fr|seiche}} seiche, {{m|la|*sapūtus}} *sapūtus, {{collapse|For centuries it was spelled <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">sçavoir</i>, with a silent ⟨ç⟩ inserted per a false etymology deriving the verb from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">scīre</i> (“know”). First person singular indicative present form comes from altered *saiō (compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">ai</i> ← *haiō ← <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">habeō</i>). The conjugations with /ʃ/ reflect a normal phonetic development. Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sapiat</i> > /ˈsapjat/ > */ˈsaptʃat/ > /ˈsatʃəθ/ > /ˈsaʃə/ > /saʃ/ ⟨<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">sache</i>⟩. Compare the evolution of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">approcher</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">hache</i>, or <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">seiche</i>. The past participle, the past historic and subjunctive imperfect stem su(-) comes from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">*sapūtus</i>.|bg=lightgray|title=Comments}} Head templates: {{fr-verb}} savoir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], savoir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], sachant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], su [participle, past], sais [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sais [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sait [indicative, present, singular, third-person], savons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], savez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], savent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], savais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], savais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], savait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], savions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], saviez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], savaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], sus [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], sus [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], sut [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], sûmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], sûtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], surent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], saurai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], saurai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], sauras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], sauras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], saura [future, indicative, singular, third-person], saura [future, indicative, singular, third-person], saurons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], saurons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], saurez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], saurez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], sauront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], sauront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], saurais [conditional, first-person, singular], saurais [conditional, first-person, singular], saurais [conditional, second-person, singular], saurais [conditional, second-person, singular], saurait [conditional, singular, third-person], saurait [conditional, singular, third-person], saurions [conditional, first-person, plural], saurions [conditional, first-person, plural], sauriez [conditional, plural, second-person], sauriez [conditional, plural, second-person], sauraient [conditional, plural, third-person], sauraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], sache [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], saches [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sache [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], sachions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], sachiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], sachent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], susse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], susses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sût [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], sussions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], sussiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], sussent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], sache [imperative, second-person, singular], sachons [first-person, imperative, plural], sachez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to know (something) Synonyms (to know): connaître, connaitre
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-verb-rLNJywyd Disambiguation of 'to know': 62 38 0 0
  2. to know how (to do something) Synonyms (to know how to): pouvoir
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-verb-AKuQb0yo Disambiguation of 'to know how to': 18 51 30 1
  3. to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium)
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-verb-DLRp8Rrb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French verbs ending in -oir, Old French verbs with stem alternations, Old French verbs with strong-o preterite Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 5 73 14 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 79 7 2 3 0 2 Disambiguation of Old French verbs ending in -oir: 3 3 3 69 8 3 4 0 5 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with stem alternations: 3 3 3 73 8 3 4 0 2 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with strong-o preterite: 3 3 3 74 8 3 4 0 2
  4. to find out Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-verb-ESR4OC7t Disambiguation of Thinking: 12 12 15 26 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sçavoir (alt: ca. 15th–18th c.)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à ce que je sache"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à ne savoir qu’en faire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à savoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "allez savoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "au vu et au su de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire savoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "je ne sais pas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "je ne sais quoi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas être sans savoir"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne plus savoir où donner de la tête"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on ne sait jamais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n’a pas soif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pour autant que je sache"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "que je sache"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "qui sait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sait-on jamais"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savant"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savoir gré"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savoir y faire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savoir-faire"
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      "word": "savoir-vivre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "savoir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "sais",
      "ipa": "/sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sais",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sait",
      "ipa": "/sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savons",
      "ipa": "/sa.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savez",
      "ipa": "/sa.ve/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savent",
      "ipa": "/sav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savais",
      "ipa": "/sa.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savais",
      "ipa": "/sa.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savait",
      "ipa": "/sa.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savions",
      "ipa": "/sa.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saviez",
      "ipa": "/sa.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "savaient",
      "ipa": "/sa.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sus",
      "ipa": "/sy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sus",
      "ipa": "/sy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sut",
      "ipa": "/sy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sûmes",
      "ipa": "/sym/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sûtes",
      "ipa": "/syt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "surent",
      "ipa": "/syʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurai",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurai",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauras",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauras",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saura",
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      "word": "à ce que je sache"
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    {
      "word": "à ne savoir qu’en faire"
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    {
      "word": "à savoir"
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    {
      "word": "allez savoir"
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    {
      "word": "au vu et au su de"
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    {
      "word": "faire savoir"
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      "word": "je ne sais pas"
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    {
      "word": "je ne sais quoi"
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    {
      "word": "ne pas être sans savoir"
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    {
      "word": "ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne plus savoir où donner de la tête"
    },
    {
      "word": "on ne sait jamais"
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    {
      "word": "on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n’a pas soif"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour autant que je sache"
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    {
      "word": "que je sache"
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    {
      "word": "qui sait"
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    {
      "word": "sait-on jamais"
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    {
      "word": "savant"
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    {
      "word": "savoir gré"
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    {
      "word": "savoir y faire"
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      "word": "savoir-faire"
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    {
      "word": "savoir-vivre"
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    {
      "word": "tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"
    },
    {
      "word": "va savoir"
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    {
      "word": "va savoir pourquoi"
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      "word": "vous savez"
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        {
          "english": "Did you know that he speaks English so well?",
          "text": "Savais-tu qu’il parle si bien l’anglais?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "How did he know that I was there?",
          "text": "Comment savait-il que j’étais là?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "It's difficult to know if she's lying.",
          "text": "Il est difficile de savoir si elle ment.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He derives this approach by inventing an initial situation, in which individuals would be questioned about the form they would like from a society without them knowing what place they would have in it.",
          "text": "Il tire cette approche en inventant une situation initiale, dans laquelle on interrogerait les individus sur la forme qu’ils voudraient d’une société sans qu’ils sachent quelle place ils y auraient.",
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        },
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          "text": "Difficile à savoir (expression; compare Difficile à dire, voir, faire)"
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          "english": "Do you know how to swim?",
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        "to know how (to do something)"
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        "French terms with usage examples",
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          "english": "If we went up there to better soak up the colours, would we be able to silence our ego?",
          "ref": "2021, Zaz, Tout là-haut",
          "text": "Si on s’en allait tout là-haut pour mieux s’imprégner des couleurs, saurions-nous faire taire notre égo ?",
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          "english": "It cannot/will not be long before...",
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          "english": "\"It cannot be considered an act of resistance, as Hamas has ceased the resistance in the Gaza strip\", continued Mr. Abbas.\n(Le Devoir, 3 September 2010)",
          "text": "«Il ne saurait être considéré comme un acte de résistance puisque le Hamas a cessé la résistance dans la bande de Gaza», a poursuivi M. Abbas.",
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      "ipa": "/sa.vwaʁ/"
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      "rhymes": "-waʁ"
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      "sense": "to know how to",
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      "alt": "ca. 15th–18th c.",
      "word": "sçavoir"
    }
  ],
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}

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