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savoir-vivre

Meaning of "savoir-vivre" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAVOIR-VIVRE

French, literally: a knowing how to live.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SAVOIR-VIVRE

ˈsævwɑːˈviːvrə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAVOIR-VIVRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Savoir-Vivre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SAVOIR-VIVRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of savoir-vivre in the English dictionary

The definition of savoir-vivre in the dictionary is familiarity with the customs of good society; breeding.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAVOIR-VIVRE

chef-d´oeuvre · chefs-doeuvre · chevre · Havre · livre · oeuvre

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAVOIR-VIVRE

savoir-faire · Savona · Savonarola · savor · savorer · savorily · savoriness · savorless · savorous · savory · savour · savourer · savouries · savourily · savouriness · savourless · savourly · savoury · savoy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAVOIR-VIVRE

adventure · agriculture · Aire · anywhere · architecture · are · arriere · as it were · as you were · aware · be sure · Heimlich manoeuvre · hors d´oeuvre · joie de vivre · Le Havre · louvre · manoeuvre · more · outmanoeuvre · to be sure

Synonyms and antonyms of savoir-vivre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «savoir-vivre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAVOIR-VIVRE

Find out the translation of savoir-vivre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of savoir-vivre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «savoir-vivre» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

处世之乐
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

savoir - vivre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

savoir-vivre
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

savoir vivre,
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدراية بالحياة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ноу - Vivre
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

savoir- vivre
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

savoir-Vivre
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

savoir-vivre
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Savoir-vivre
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Lebensart
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ノウハウ - 喜び
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

노하우 의 기쁨
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Savoir-vivre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

savoir vivre -
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நம்மை காப்பாற்றும்-vivre
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सावकाश-व्हिव्ह्रे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

savoir vivre
70 millions of speakers
it

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savoir - vivre
65 millions of speakers
pl

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savoir - vivre
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ноу - Vivre
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

- savoir vivre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

savoir - vivre
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

savoir vivre -
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

savoir - vivre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

savoir - vivre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of savoir-vivre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAVOIR-VIVRE»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAVOIR-VIVRE»

Discover the use of savoir-vivre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to savoir-vivre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Savoir Vivre Cosmopolite
This study is formed as a re-reading of Ahmed Midhat s etiquette book,Alafranga, according to some recent debates like that of occidentalism, the question of cosmopolitanism and elitism, everyday life practices.
Can Eyüp Çekiç, 2010
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Joie de Vivre: Secrets of Wining, Dining, and Romancing Like ...
Style and élan, panache, savoir-faire and savoir-vivre. Form and content: in France, how you do things is as important as what you do. The importance of the lightness of being. The meeting as a (free) art form. Figuring out what's in a ...
Harriet Welty Rochefort, 2012
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Marianne in the Market: Envisioning Consumer Society in ...
In this context, “the new universal savoir-vivre” meant knowing one's place in the hierarchy and cultivating one's distinction within that context: “There is a particular savoir-vivre for every social position, every age, each sex; it is not the same for ...
Lisa Tiersten, 2001
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Étude de Mots: Étymologie Et Synonymie : (détaché Des Contes ...
Ne le confondez pas avec le savoir-vivre. Les synonymes de savoir-faire sont habileté, art, adresse, industrie, dextérité, et aussi souplesse, finesse, entente. L' homme qui a du savoir- faire sait comment faire les choses, il sait comment s'y ...
Lambert Sauveur, 1881
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Liaisons, Enhanced
Elle offre des cours sur la communication et le savoir-vivre en public et sur beaucoup d'autres thèmes similaires. Learn more about working in France! Le savoir-vivre Les Français ont une expression très importante qu'on utilise aussi en ...
Wynne Wong, Stacey Weber-Feve, Edouard Ousselin, 2014
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Education-formation-emploi:
Le «savoir être» peut être enseigné par des cours dispensés par des enseignants spécialistes et professionnels de «savoir vivre—savoir être» mais, si la vie en famille, à l'école et dans le voisinage de la famille et de l'école n'est pas une ...
Henry N. Tatangang, 2011
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Violette Nozière: A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris
Mension-Rigau, Aristocrates, 190–210; Baronne Staffe [Blanche Soyer], Usages du monde: Règles du savoir-vivre dans la société moderne (Paris: G. Havard, 1899), 127–38; Berthe Bernage, Le Savoir-vivre et les usages du monde (Paris: ...
Sarah Maza, 2011
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Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by ...
As Matilde Serao remarks in her conduct book, Saper vivere, it is by reading that one can gain a savoir vivre, a knowledge about life that one would not otherwise acquire: Vi è una seconda educazione che tu, probabilmente non possiedi .
Antonia Arslan, Gabriella Romani, 2006
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Rethinking Power
The trick is to get some of the homely verbiness of savoir in savoir-faire, savoir- vivre into pouvoir to come up with something like this: if the lines of making sense of something are laid down in a certain way, then you are able to do only those ...
Thomas E. Wartenberg, 1992
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The Crisis of Courtesy: Studies in the Conduct-Book in ...
There is and can be no doubt about his communicative ability. I wish to cast doubt upon what he wanted to communicate. Most of my chapter will concern the straightforward adaptation of the rules of savoir- vivre to English society, but I wish to ...
Jacques Carré, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAVOIR-VIVRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term savoir-vivre is used in the context of the following news items.
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Celia Sasic: Zwischen Savoir-vivre und Disziplin
Torjägerin Celia Sasic gilt als Frankreich-Expertin im deutschen Team, weil ihre Mutter Französin ist. Die unterschiedliche Mentalität der Nachbarn könnte im ... «sportschau.de, Jun 15»
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Savoir-vivre: Pieniądze na prezent?
... które wymagają wręczenia jakiegoś upominku. Co radzą poradniki do savoir-vivre'u i co podpowiada zdrowy rozsądek? Zajmijmy się dziś tym problemem. «rmf24.pl, Jun 15»
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Savoir-vivre: Serwetka
W wielu domach na co dzień, w innych jedynie od święta, zaś w restauracjach i na przyjęciach prawie zawsze przy nakryciu do obiadu czy kolacji czeka na nas ... «rmf24.pl, May 15»
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Savoir-vivre na siłowni. Jak się zachować?
Boisz się iść na siłownię, bo nie wiesz, jak się zachować? Jak w każdym miejscu publicznym, obowiązują tam pewne reguły. Jakie? «TVN Meteo, May 15»
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Savoir-vivre: jak się zachować na koncercie
... nagrywać czy robić selfie. Świat ciągle pisze w tej dziedzinie nowy savoir-vivre. Turystki robią sobie „selfie na kiju” przed pomnikiem Lincolna w Waszyngtonie ... «Polityka, Apr 15»
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Ty i kelner, czyli kulturalnie i bez gafy w restauracji (savoir-vivre)
Kelnera przywołaj dłuższym spojrzeniem lub skinięciem głowy. Nie krzycz, nie pstrykaj palcami. Nie pomagaj kelnerowi . Nie odbieraj od niego potraw i nie ... «Nowiny24, Apr 15»
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Savoir-vivre w cerkwi
Od jakiegoś czasu pracowałem nad cyklem tekstów pt. “Savoir-vivre w świątyniach różnych wyznań”. Dziś, w prawosławną Wielką Sobotę zaczynamy od wizyty ... «rmf24.pl, Apr 15»
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Savoir-vivre: Kto płaci rachunek?
Mówi się, że jeśli nie wiadomo o co chodzi, to na pewno chodzi o pieniądze. To również jeden z tych tematów, których w towarzystwie należy unikać, bo częściej ... «rmf24.pl, Apr 15»
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Winzer stellen auf der Savoir-Vivre-Messe aus
Savoir Vivre heißt die Genussmesse, die das gleichnamige Gourmet- und Reisemagazin zum zweiten Mal in der Hansestadt ausrichtet. Neben Weinen werden ... «Hamburger Abendblatt, Mar 15»
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Savoir-vivre: Co zrobić z łyżeczką do kawy?
Choć ma zdrobniałą nazwę i niewielkie rozmiary, często sprawia nam duży kłopot. Bo też co zrobić z łyżeczką do kawy? Gdzie ją położyć? Czy można posłużyć ... «rmf24.pl, Mar 15»
REFERENCE
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