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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).