saveur, n.f., savor, flavor, relish; taste, zest.
savoir (sachant, su), v.a., to know, to have a knowledge of, to be aware of; to understand; to be sensible of; to be acquainted with. Il n’en sait rien; he knows nothing about it. Puis-que vous en savez tant; since you know so much (about it) or since you are so well posted up (in the matter). Faire —; to notify, to acquaint, to let know, to inform. Je ne sais; I don’t know. Je ne sais que faire; I don’t know what to do. Je suis tout je ne sais comment; I am all out of sorts. Pas que je sache; not that I know, not to my knowledge. Il sait son pain manger; he knows what he is about. — vivre; to know how to behave, to be well-bred, to have breeding. Il ne sait pas vivre; he has no manners. Il ne sait ni A ni B; he is a regular dunce or duffer. En — plus d’une; to know a trick or two. En — gré à quelqu’un; to be grateful, or thankful, to any one (for). En — trop long; to know too much. Je ne sais qu’en croire; I know not what to think of it. Je le sais de bonne part; I have it from a good source. Si l’on vient à — cela; if that comes to be known. Je ne saurais qu’y faire; I cannot help it. Je ne sais où j’en suis; I do not know which way to turn, or what I am about. Autant que je sache; to the best of my belief. Que nous sachions; as far as we know; as far as we recollect; as far as we can judge; as far as we are aware. Un je ne sais quoi; an indescribable something. [Je ne sais quoi is the “indescribable” in French.] Qui sait plus se tait; (prov.) a still tongue shows a wise head.
savoir, v.n., to know, to be learned, to be a scholar, to be a person of learning. —, à —; viz., namely, that is to say, to wit; that remains to be known; perhaps.
se savoir, v.r., to get or become known, to know one’s self to be. Tout se sait avec le temps; everything becomes known in time.
savoir, n.m., knowledge, learning, scholarship, talents, skill.
savoir-faire, n.m., (n.p.) management; tact, ability, skill; wits. Il vit de son —; he lives by his wits.
savoir-vivre, n.m., (n.p.) good manners, good breeding.
savoisien, -ne, adj. and n., Savoyard; of, from, Savoy.
savon, n.m., soap; rebuke, scolding, blowing up, wigging; soaping. Donner un — à quelqu’un; to blow any one up, to give a wigging to. — marbré; mottled soap. — parfumé; scented soap. — noir; soft soap. Eau de —; soapsuds.