savoir-faire

Borrowed from French savoir-faire (“know-how”), from savoir (“to know (how)”) + faire (“to do”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsævwɑːˈfɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsævwɑɹˈfɛɹ/

savoir-faire (uncountable)

1. The ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion.

• know-how

• IPA^(key): /sa.vwaʁ.fɛʁ/

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savoir-faire m (uncountable)

1. know-how, savoir-faire

• → English: savoir-faire
• → Italian: savoir-faire
• → Portuguese: savoir-faire, → saber-fazer (calque)

• savoir-vivre

• “savoir-faire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• faire savoir
• favoriserai

Unadapted borrowing from French savoir-faire (“know-how”).

• IPA^(key): /saˌvwarˈfɛr/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

savoir-faire m (uncountable)

1. savoir-faire

• savoir-vivre

• savoir-faire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from French savoir-faire. Doublet of saber-fazer.

savoir-faire m (invariable)

1. know-how

   Synonyms: saber-fazer, know-how

savoir-faire

1. savoir-faire

• savoir-faire in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• savoir-faire in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)