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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
American English, 1838.
Pronunciation
Noun
know-how (uncountable)
- The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
- Synonym: expertise
Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
- Arabic: دِرَايَة f (dirāya), بَرَاعَة f (barāʕa), مَهَارَة f (mahāra), حِذْق m (ḥiḏq)
- Bulgarian: умение (bg) n (umenie), вещина (bg) f (veština), ноу-хау (nou-hau)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 技巧 (zh) (jìqiǎo), 技能 (zh) (jìnéng), 知識／知识 (zh) (zhīshi)
- Danish: sagkundskab c, know-how c
- Esperanto: scipovo
- Estonian: oskusteave
- Finnish: tietotaito, know-how (fi), osaaminen (fi)
- French: savoir-faire (fr)
- Georgian: ნოუ ჰაუ (nou hau), ნოუ-ჰაუ (nou-hau), იცოდე როგორ (icode rogor) (know how )
- German: Fachwissen (de), Sachkenntnis (de) n, Know-how (de) n
- Hindi: व्यवहार-ज्ञान m (vyavhār-jñān)
- Italian: conoscenza (it) f, sapere fare m
- Japanese: ノウハウ (ja) (nōhau)
- Korean: 노하우 (ko) (nohau)
- Macedonian: спо́собност f (spósobnost), ве́штина f (véština)
- Persian: مهارت (fa) (mahârat), دانش (fa) (dâneš)
- Polish: know-how (pl) n
- Portuguese: saber-fazer (pt) m, savoir-faire (pt) m, know-how (pt) m
- Russian: ноу-ха́у (ru) n (nou-xáu) (indeclinable)
- Spanish: know-how m, saber hacer m
- Swedish: sakkunskap (sv) c, know-how (sv)
- Thai: โนว์ฮาว (th)
- Ukrainian: ноу-ха́у n (nou-xáu)
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Finnish
Etymology
Recent direct loan from English know-how
Pronunciation
Noun
know-how
- know-how
Synonyms
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈaw/, /noˈwaw/, (careful style) /noˈhaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
Noun
know-how m (invariable)
- know-how
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.
Pronunciation
Noun
know-how m (plural know-hows)
- know-how
- Synonyms: saber-fazer, savoir-faire
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:know-how.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.
Noun
know-how n (uncountable)
- know-how
Declension
declension of know-how (singular only)
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singular
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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(un) know-how
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know-howul
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| genitive/dative
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(unui) know-how
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know-howului
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| vocative
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know-howule
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