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connaître

/kɔ.nɛtʁ/

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verb/kɔ.nɛtʁ/

to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event); to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.); to know (sexually); to be knowledgeable (en about); to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially

“C'est toi qui t'y connais!” — You're the expert!

Inherited from Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere. One of few examples where ⟨oi⟩ had been turned into ⟨ai⟩ /ɛ/ instead of /wa/ (alongside adjectival -ais and imperfect tense endings).