Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

connaisseur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-nais-seur
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.

Example Sentences

"The gallery of Prince Valsavoja contains about 100 pictures several of which deserve the attention of the artist and connaisseur."
"They pass their Sundays agreeably, in complete repose: seated outside their doors, dressed in the best clothes, and displaying, with serene satisfaction, the many rings, pendants, and huge earrings of rare beauty, inherited for many past generations, and which possess an individual character that the connaisseur at once recognises."
"The support of Mr. Albert Igoin, a Spinoza reader and connaisseur of long date, is particularly appreciated."
"But it needed a connaisseur of Roman law, namely Wolfgang Ernst, Bonn/Cambridge, to remind me that justum facere is the common root of Recht-Fertigung and justification."

Etymology

Either a borrowing of the French connaisseur (literally “knower, one who knows”) or an updating of the earlier borrowing, connoisseur, to bring it into line with modern French orthography.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: connaisseur

Inflected Forms

connaisseurs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

connaisseuse

Synonyms

connoisseur

Questions

What does connaisseur mean?: A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.
Where does connaisseur come from?: It is traced to French.

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