connoisseur

con·nois·seur  (kn-sûr, -sr)

n.

1. A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.

2. A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.

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[Obsolete French, from Old French connoisseor, from connoistre, to know, from Latin cognscere, to learn, know; see cognition.]

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connois·seurship n.

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connoisseur [ˌkɒnɪˈsɜː]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a person with special knowledge or appreciation of a field, esp in the arts

[from French, from Old French conoiseor, from connoistre to know, from Latin cognōscere]

connoisseurship  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

connoisseur - an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts cognoscente authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law" aesthete, esthete - one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature wine lover - a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut

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connoisseur

noun expert, authority, judge, specialist, buff (informal), devotee, boffin (Brit. informal), whiz (informal), arbiter, aficionado, savant, maven (U.S.), appreciator, cognoscente, fundi (S. African) I hear you're something of an art connoisseur.

Quotations
"connoisseur: a specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] N → conocedor(a) m/f, entendido/a m/f
an art connoisseur → un entendido en arte
a wine connoisseur → un entendido en vinos, un enólogo

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connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜː^r] n → connaisseur/euse m/f

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connoisseur

n → Kenner m, → Connaisseur m (geh); connoisseur of wines/women → Wein-/Frauenkenner m

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connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] n → conoscitore/trice, intenditore/trice

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connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜːʳ] n → conoscitore/trice, intenditore/trice

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connoisseur

n connoisseur [konəˈsəː]

an expert judge of eg art, music, wine etc Let him choose the wine – he's the connoisseur. connoisseur, fynproewer, kenner خَبير، ذَوّاقَه познавач znalec, fajnšmekr kender; connaisseur der Kenner γνώστης, ειδικός entendido, conocedor asjatundja خبره؛ وارد tuntija connaisseur/-euse אֲנִין טַעַם गुणज्ञ, परीक्षक dobar poznavaoc, stručnjak, vještak műértő penilai sérfræðingur conoscitore, intenditore 鑑定家 감정가, 권위자 žinovas pazinējs; lietpratējs pakar dalam menilai kenner kjenner, skjønner, feinschmecker znawca entendido cunoscător знаток znalec, -kyňa poznavalec poznavalac kännare, konnässör ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ uzman, eksper 鑒賞家, 內行 знавець; експерт صاحب ذوق، صاحب نظر người am hiểu 鉴赏家, 内行