connoisseur C1 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/ UK /ˌkɒnəˈsɜː/ See IPA manual Freq #22821 Meanings 1 noun An expert whose judgement is respected, especially in art, food, or other matters of taste. As a wine connoisseur, she could name the region from a single sip. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an expert whose judgement... cognoscentemavenvirtuoso Word family Forms connoisseurs Etymology AI details Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)). *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European connoisseur French View etymology graph -> Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # connoisseur **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒnəˈsɜː/ **Frequency rank:** 22821 ## Meanings 1. An expert whose judgement is respected, especially in art, food, or other matters of taste. ## Examples - As a wine connoisseur, she could name the region from a single sip. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ǵneh₃- - Root: connoisseur ## Etymology Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)). ## AI Etymology Connoisseur has the etymology Around 1705–1715, from French connoisseur, from the verb connoître (obsolete pre-1835 spelling of connaître (“to know”)). In present-day use, it means an expert whose judgement is respected, especially in art, food, or other matters of taste. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown