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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈnoʃ.ʃe.re/
- Rhymes: -oʃʃere
- Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sce‧re
Verb
conóscere (first-person singular present conósco, first-person singular past historic conóbbi, past participle conosciùto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to know (a person or place), to meet (a person), to experience
- (transitive) to recognise/recognize
Conjugation
Synonyms
- sapere However, sapere means to know an information; conoscere means to know a person, or a place, or a topic.