Translation for 'know' from English to French

Y'know? [coll.]

Savez ? [fam.]

Comprenez ? [fam.]

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to know sth.

savoir qc.

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to know sb./sth.

connaître qn./qc.

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to know about sth.

être au courant de qc.

to know oneself

se connaître [soi-même]

to know sth. thoroughly

maîtriser qc. à fond [fam.]

to let sb. know sth.

faire savoir qc. à qn.

faire part à qn. de qc.

to not know sth.

ignorer qc. [ne pas savoir]

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know-all [Br.] [coll.] [pej.]

personne {f} qui veut toujours avoir raison [masculine et féminine]

know-how

savoir-faire {m}

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everybody I know

tous ceux que je connais

I don't know!

Je l'ignore !

'Chai pas ! [fam.]

Je sais pas ! [fam.]

I don't know.

Je ne sais pas.

You never know !

On ne sait jamais !

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to come to know sth.

apprendre qc. [savoir]

to get to know sb.

apprendre à connaître qn.

faire la connaissance de qn.

to get to know sb./sth.

faire la connaissance avec qn./qc.

to know all about sth.

s'y connaître en qc.

to know each other

entre-connaître

se connaître [l'un l'autre]

to know no bounds

dépasser les bornes [ignorance, bêtise]

to know nothing about sth.

être ignorant en qc.

to know one's job

connaître son métieroccup.

to know one's place

tenir ses distances [fig.] [inférieur]

garder ses distances [fig.] [inférieur]

to know one's rights

connaître ses droits

to know one's stuff

bien connaître son métier

to know sb. by sight

connaître qn. de vue

to know sb. inside out [idiom]

connaître qn. sur le bout des doigts [loc.]

to know something about sth.

avoir connaissance de qc.

to know sth. inside out [idiom]

connaître qc. comme sa poche [loc.]

to know the truth

posséder la vérité

to know what's what [idiom]

faire preuve de lucidité

to let sb. know (about) sth. [forewarn]

prévenir qn. de qc. [annoncer à l'avance]

to need to know

avoir besoin de connaître

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know-it-all [Am.] [coll.] [pej.]

personne {f} qui veut toujours avoir raison [masculine et féminine]

know-it-all [pej.]

donneur {m} de leçons [péj.]

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before you know it

sans même que l'on s'en rende compte {adv}

For all I know.

Pour autant que je sache.

I don't rightly know.

Je ne sais pas au juste.

I hardly know him.

Je le connais à peine.

I know hardly anyone.

Je ne connais presque personne.

That's good to know.

C'est bon à savoir.

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to get to know sb. (better)

faire (plus ample) connaissance avec qn.

to know all about it

être très au courant

to know every inch of sth. [idiom]

connaître qc. comme sa poche [loc.]

to know how to do sth.

savoir faire qc. [être capable de]

to know how to handle sth. [e.g. students]

savoir s'y prendre avec qc.

to know how to improvise

savoir improviser

to know nothing about anything

être ignorant de tout

to know nothing of events

être ignorant des événements

to know one's (own) limitations

connaître ses limites

to know what is wrong

savoir où le bât blesse [loc.]

to know where one is

se reconnaître [s'orienter]

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as far as I know [from what I've been told]

à ce que je sache

as far as I know [it is my belief that]

à ce que je sais

As far as I know.

Que je sache.

Autant que je sache.

before you know where you are [Br.] [idiom]

sans même que l'on s'en rende compte {adv}

Do you know his whereabouts?

Savez-vous où il est ?

Do you know where I can find her?

Savez-vous où je peux la trouver ?

How do you expect us to know that?

Comment voulez-vous que nous le sachions ?

I don't know anything whatsoever about ...

Je n'ai pas la moindre notion de ...

I don't know where all my money goes (to)!

Je ne sais pas ce que je fais de mon argent !

I don't know where the time goes.

Je ne vois pas le temps passer.

It is some consolation to know that ...

Cela console de savoir que ...

Let me know how you're getting on.

Donne-moi de tes nouvelles.

Money doesn't know where it comes from. [idiom]

L'argent n'a pas d'odeur. [loc.]écon.

Not as far as I know!

Pas à ma connaissance !

Not that I know of.

Pas que je sache.

Tell me something I don't (already) know!

C'est pas une découverte !

to know a lot about sth.

en savoir long sur qc. [loc.]

We happen to know each other.

Il se trouve que nous nous connaissons.

What you need to know about sth.

Ce qu'il faut savoir sur qc.

You don't by any chance know John Smith?

Tu ne connais pas, des fois, Monsieur Tout-le-monde ?

You know that isn't true!

Tu es de mauvaise foi !

You may as well know that ... [It's (probably) best that]

Autant que tu saches que ... [Il est aussi bien que]

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to ask to know the balance of your account

demander à connaître le solde de son comptefin.

to be in the know about sth. [coll.]

être au parfum de qc. [fam.]

to get to know each other

faire connaissance

to know better than to do sth.

se garder de faire qc.

to know how things­ are done

savoir vivre [être poli]

to know how to command respect

savoir se faire respecter

to know how to enjoy life

savoir vivre [profiter de la vie]

to know how to fill one's leisure time

savoir meubler ses loisirs

savoir meubler ses journées

to know how to handle one's child

savoir prendre son enfant

to know how to hold one's interest

savoir soutenir l'intérêt

to know nothing about the subject

être profane en la matière

to know one's vocabulary off pat [idiom]

savoir son vocabulaire sur le bout des doigts [loc.]

to know people from every walk of life

connaître des gens de tous les milieuxsociol.

to know sb. better than anyone else

connaître qn. mieux que quiconque

to know sth. like the back of one's hand [idiom]

connaître qc. comme sa poche [loc.]

connaître qc. sur le bout des doigts [loc.]

to know that one is being hunted (down)

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• The KK thesis or KK principle is a principle of epistemic logic which states that "If you know that P is the case then you know that you know that P is the case."
• Thereafter, in 1987, Czechoslovakia-born educator Milan Zeleny mapped the elements of the hierarchy to knowledge forms: "know-nothing", "know-what", "know-how", and "know-why".
• In 1986, a nationwide census was undertaken to determine the percentage of Iranians that know Persian, those who do not know, and those who know it fluently.
• Q2: How will we know they know it?
• In either case students or student-teachers know that observation may occur, but they do not know when such observation takes place.

• The Negative Introspection Axiom says that agents "know that they do not know what they do not know".
• The contestants had markers with two states: "I know" and "I don't know".
• Tedlock, B. (1999). Maya Astronomy: what we know and how we know it. "Archaeoastronomy", "14"(1), 39.
• A homophonic variant is know justice, know peace. It is used for a Dr.
• “How will you know it’s him?” Edward asks, and Flotsam says she will just know.

• Some know him as the Working President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
• Bernard: At first I didn't know when Cheryl's birthday is, but I know now.
• "I Know You Know I Know" is the second solo studio album by Gabby Lang, better known as Gabby La La.
• "We don't know anything, he is down there in the mine, that's all we know, we know absolutely nothing of him," one relative said.
• The specific name honours the former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, because his quote “there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.

• Common knowledge is a special kind of knowledge for a group of agents.
• The irregular verb " [...] " (or " [...] ") “know, can (know how to)” is based upon " [...] " although does not utilise a habitual imperfect.