savoir
Syllable Decomposition
savoirFrom Vulgar Latin sapere, from Classical Latin sapere, "to have taste", with influence from sapiens, "wise", hence "to be perspicacious", "to understand", then "to know", and elimination of the classical scire, "to know". Very old French: sabir (Oaths of Strasbourg), then saveir, and finally savoir. For a very long time, from Middle French until the 18th century, the word was written sçavoir by false regression to Classical Latin scire ("to know"). It was not until 1740 that the Académie Française recorded the word in its current spelling in the 3rd edition of its dictionary.
Definition
Conjugation
→ Conjugation of "savoir"Synonym
Plural
savoirs
Translations
german:Wissen
english:knowledge
arabic:معرفة
spanish:ciencia
russian:знание