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French-English translation of connaitre
1 connaître Verb, transitive (a) to know a person; est-ce que tu connais le père de Sophie? do you know Sophie's father, have you met Sophie's father? (b) to know an answer, opinion, telephone number; je connais son numéro I know his number; j'aimerais ~ votre opinion sur la guerre en Irak I'd like to know your opinion on the Iraq war (c) (fig) to go through, live through problems, hard times (d) (usually used in passive) to know a famous person; il est connu pour son travail sur Ingres he is known for is work on Ingres; cette maladie, aussi connue sous le nom de ... the disease, also known as ...; très connu well-known
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