Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The ability to say or do the right or graceful thing. See Synonyms at tact.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The faculty of knowing just what to do and how to do it; skilful management; tact; address.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. social skill
Etymologies
- French savoir-faire, know-how, from savoir, to know (how) + faire, to do (Wiktionary)
- French : savoir, to know how + faire, to do. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Food professionals of every branch are taking their time to transmit their passion and their savoir-faire in an effort to bring new taste sensations and food awareness to the French, encourage the discovery of la diversité des goûts et saveurs, diversity in taste and flavors.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: La Semaine du Goût: The Week of Taste
“Mr. Arnault has often complimented Herm è s on its image and savoir-faire.”
“See the comments section at the blog and thank you for sharing your own language savoir-faire.”
“Apart from the couple of fluid balances in the wedding pas de deux, she offering intent lessons in technical savoir-faire.”
“As you can probably guess from the name, the show forces attractive women and geeky guys to co-habit and transform their opposite numbers, giving the geeks apparent savoir-faire and the beauties a sheen of academic knowledge.”
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“The savoir-faire in the region has helped elevate linen to a high-fashion fabric.”
“He enjoyed their company, admired their intelligence and savoir-faire, and made friends.”
“Jean Cazals for The Wall Street Journal In Paris, this very British rite benefits from the savoir-faire of French pastry chefs and from a history of importing the finest teas from the Far East.”
“Buzzy Paris: Shangri-La's La Bauhinia In Paris, the very British rite of afternoon tea benefits from the savoir-faire of French pastry chefs and from a history of importing the finest teas from the Far East.”
“J'ai le plaisir de vous adresser une sélection de ce produit, fruit d'une longue tradition et d'un savoir-faire unique au monde qui vous convaincra, s'il en était besoin, qu'il n'est de moutarde que de Dijon", ajoute-t-il.”
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abhor, mirth, obtuse, iota, vex, irk, teem, pith, moot, mete, ire, bane and 401 more...
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aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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Tricky Words from French
Loanwords from French -- both established and wet behind the ears -- that are tricky to spell or pronounce properly.
trompe l'oeil, hors d'oeuvre, oeuvre, objet d'art, objet trouvé, contretemps, milieu, métier, mise en scène, mise en place, éclat, faineant and 64 more...
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New Words
idiopathic, explicate, expiate, pellucid, exogenous, pelagic, manque, salonniere, pedantic, expatiate, cyclamen, peregrination and 83 more...
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Loan words from French
gite, coq au vin, dernier cri, clique, hors d'œuvre, touché, naïve, coquette, bourgeois, contretemps, flâneur, film noir and 63 more...
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
objet d'art, nom de plume, petite, bon voyage, avant-garde, faux pas, faux, touché, répondez, s'il vo..., rouge, papier mâché, joie de vivre and 85 more...
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Favorite Words II
antipode, subsumed, maladroit, quidnunc, tonsorial, savvy, vignette, retrograde, flummoxed, ne plus ultra, icosahedron, plethora and 138 more...
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patronage, expletive, exhort, exegesis, execrable, excommunicate, evince, escarpment, ersatz, ergo, epoxy, snare and 1202 more...
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Gallicisms
de rigueur, au courant, bonhomie, gauche, frisson, raison d'etre, joie de vivre, mot juste, bon mot, contretemps, savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and 18 more...
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