connaissement (-nès-mān), n.m., (com.) bill of lading.

connaisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., adj., connoisseur, one skilled in a thing.

connaisseu-r, -se, adj., judge, good judge, connoisseur.

connaître (connaissant, connu), v.a., to know to be aware of, to perceive; to understand, to be versed in anything; to be acquainted with; to experience, to discern, to distinguish. Je le connais de vue; I know him by sight. Faire —; to make it appear, to prove, to reveal, to make known. Se faire —; to make one’s self known. Je le ferai —; I will show him up. Dès qu’il est question d’intérêt, il ne connaît plu personne; in matters of interest, everybody is a stranger to him. Je ne connais que cela; that’s all I can say, all I know. — à fond; to know thoroughly. Connaissez-vous cet homme-là? are you acquainted with that man? — quelque chose à quelqu’un; to know that a person has or possesses.

se connaître, v.r., to know one’s self; to know each other; (of things) to be known. Connais-toi, toi-même; know thyself. Il ne se connaît pas; he is out of his senses. Se — en quelque chose; to understand a thing, to be a judge of a thing. Ne pas se — de joie; to be beside one’s self with joy. Je m’y connais; I understand all about it, I know what it all means.

connaître, v.n., to know; to have cognizance, to take cognizance (of).

conné, -e (ko-n-né), adj., (bot.) connate.

connecti-f, -ve, adj., (bot.) connective.

connétable, n.m., high constable, mayor.

connétable, n.f., high constable’s wife.