"savoir" meaning in French

See savoir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sa.vwaʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150_(fra)-GrandCelinien-savoir.wav Forms: savoirs [plural]
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre. Comments Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|savoir|savoir/eir||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French savoir/eir, {{inh+|fr|fro|savoir|savoir/eir}} Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, {{inh|fr|VL.|*sapēre}} Vulgar Latin *sapēre, {{inh|fr|la|sapio|sapĕre}} Latin sapĕre, {{m+|la|scio|scīre|t=to know}} Latin scīre (“to know”), {{m+|fro|sai}} Old French sai, {{m+|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m+|CL.|sapiō}} Classical Latin sapiō, {{m+|fro|sachet|sacheṭ}} Old French sacheṭ, {{m+|CL.|sapiat}} Classical Latin sapiat, {{m+|fr|seiche}} French seiche, {{m+|la|sēpia}} Latin sēpia, {{m+|fro|seü}} Old French seü, {{m+|VL.|*sapūtum|*/saˈputu/}} Vulgar Latin */saˈputu/ 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.), sçapvoir (alt: ca. 1500s–1740) [literary, rare]

Verb

IPA: /sa.vwaʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150_(fra)-GrandCelinien-savoir.wav
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre. Comments Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|savoir|savoir/eir||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French savoir/eir, {{inh+|fr|fro|savoir|savoir/eir}} Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, {{inh|fr|VL.|*sapēre}} Vulgar Latin *sapēre, {{inh|fr|la|sapio|sapĕre}} Latin sapĕre, {{m+|la|scio|scīre|t=to know}} Latin scīre (“to know”), {{m+|fro|sai}} Old French sai, {{m+|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{m+|CL.|sapiō}} Classical Latin sapiō, {{m+|fro|sachet|sacheṭ}} Old French sacheṭ, {{m+|CL.|sapiat}} Classical Latin sapiat, {{m+|fr|seiche}} French seiche, {{m+|la|sēpia}} Latin sēpia, {{m+|fro|seü}} Old French seü, {{m+|VL.|*sapūtum|*/saˈputu/}} Vulgar Latin */saˈputu/ 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 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 11 33 38 Disambiguation of 'to know how to': 24 67 8 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 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 11 33 38
  4. to find out Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-savoir-fr-verb-ESR4OC7t Disambiguation of Thinking: 12 12 15 24 36 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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 11 33 38 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 23 20 37 4 6 1 3 Disambiguation of Old French verbs ending in -oir: 7 7 12 17 25 7 10 1 13 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with stem alternations: 9 9 13 13 28 9 13 1 6 Disambiguation of Old French verbs with strong-o preterite: 9 9 11 16 26 9 13 1 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 16 15 29 7 10 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 16 15 29 7 10 3 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sçavoir (alt: ca. 15th–18th c.), sçapvoir (alt: ca. 1500s–1740) [literary, rare]
Derived forms: à ce que je sache, à ne savoir qu’en faire, à savoir, allez savoir, au vu et au su de, faire savoir, je ne sais pas, je ne sais quoi, ne pas être sans savoir, ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer, ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser, ne plus savoir où donner de la tête, on ne sait jamais, on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n’a pas soif, pour autant que je sache, que je sache, qui sait, sait-on jamais, savant, savoir gré, savoir y faire, savoir-faire, savoir-vivre, tout vient à point à qui sait attendre, va savoir, va savoir pourquoi, vous savez

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_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"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savant"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "savoir-vivre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "va savoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "va savoir pourquoi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vous savez"
    }
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          },
          "expansion": "Saint Dominican Creole French: savé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
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        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "m+"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sai"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French sai",
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      "args": {
        "1": "VL.",
        "2": "-"
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      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin",
      "name": "m+"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Classical Latin sapiō",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin sēpia",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old French seü",
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        "3": "*/saˈputu/"
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre.\nComments",
  "forms": [
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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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        "multiword-construction"
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      "ipa": "/sa.ʃɑ̃/",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "su",
      "ipa": "/sy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sais",
      "ipa": "/sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sais",
      "ipa": "/sɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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",
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        "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": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sus",
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        "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",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saura",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurons",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurons",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurez",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saurez",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauront",
      "ipa": "/sɔ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauront",
      "ipa": "/so.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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      "word": "ne plus savoir où donner de la tête"
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      "word": "on ne sait jamais"
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      "word": "on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n’a pas soif"
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      "word": "tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"
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      "form": "sachez",
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    {
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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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          "text": "Difficile à savoir (expression; compare Difficile à dire, voir, faire)"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you know how to swim?",
          "text": "Savez-vous nager?",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to know how (to do something)"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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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...",
          "text": "Il ne saurait tarder que...",
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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.",
          "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium)"
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          "apt",
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "We have to find out why he did this.",
          "text": "Nous devons savoir pourquoi il a fait ça.",
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        "to find out"
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      "ipa": "/sa.vwaʁ/"
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      "sense": "to know",
      "word": "connaître"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to know",
      "word": "connaitre"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to know how to",
      "word": "pouvoir"
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      "alt": "ca. 15th–18th c.",
      "word": "sçavoir"
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      "alt": "ca. 1500s–1740",
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        "literary",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sçapvoir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "savoir"
}

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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "French seiche",
      "name": "m+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "Latin sēpia",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old French seü",
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      "args": {
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      "alt": "ca. 15th–18th c.",
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}

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