connoisseur

English

Alternative forms

connaisseur

Etymology

Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnəˈsɜɹ/, /ˌkɒnəˈsəː/, /ˌkɒnəˈsʊəɹ/

Noun

connoisseur (plural connoisseurs)

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
  This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur, lingering on the taste...

Synonyms

cognoscente

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

specialist whose opinion is valued

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鑒定家, 鉴定家 (jiàndìngjiā), 鉴赏家
Czech: znalec (cs) m
Dutch: kenner (nl) m, deskundige (nl) m
Finnish: tuntija (fi), erikoistuntija
French: connaisseur (fr) m
German: Kenner (de) m
Greek: ειδήμων (el) m or f (eidímon)
Hebrew: מומחה‎ (he) m
Hungarian: műértő (hu)
Italian: intenditore (it) m, conoscitore (it) m; esperto (it); connaisseur m

Japanese: 鑑定家 (かんていか, kanteika), 目利き (mekiki), 鑑識家
Korean: 감정가 (gamjeongga)
Macedonian: познавач m (poznavač)
Polish: koneser (pl) m, znawca (pl) m
Portuguese: connaisseur (pt); (Brazil): conhecedor (pt), perito (pt)
Russian: знато́к (ru) m (znatók), цени́тель (ru) m (cenítelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: znalac (sh) m, ekspert (sh)
Slovak: znalec m
Spanish: connaisseur m; connoisseur m
Swedish: konnässör (sv) c, kännare (sv) c
Turkish: (taste) meraklı (tr), mütehassıs (tr), uzman (tr), (taste) erbap (tr)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.nɛ.sœʁ/

Noun

connoisseur m (plural connoisseurs)

Obsolete spelling of connaisseur

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