cognoscente

English

WOTD – 27 November 2008

Etymology

From obsolete Italian cognoscente (modern Italian conoscente) from Latin cognoscere (“to know”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɒnjəˈʃɛnteɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɡ.nəˈʃɛn.ti/, /ˌkɑn.jəˈʃɛn.ti/
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Noun

cognoscente (plural cognoscenti)

Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field; a connoisseur.
- 1998, Marc J. Seifer, chapter 42, in Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius, →ISBN, page 397:
  At night, as creative author, the cognoscente sketched out the first draft of his expanded autobiography.

Related terms

Translations

someone possessing specialized knowledge in a particular field

Chinese:
Mandarin: 行家 (zh) (hángjiā)
Czech: expert (cs) m, znalec (cs) m
Dutch: kenner (nl), expert (nl)
Finnish: asiantuntija (fi)

French: connaisseur (fr) m, expert (fr) m
Persian: اهل فن‎ (fa) (ahl-e fan)
Russian: знато́к (ru) m (znatók) (superior), экспе́рт (ru) m or f (ekspért) (specialized)
Spanish: experto (es)
Swedish: expert (sv) c, kännare (sv) c

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koɲɲoʃˈʃɛnte/

Verb

cognoscente

(obsolete) present participle of cognoscere

Spanish

Adjective

cognoscente (plural cognoscentes)

cognitive

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