SAVOIR VIVRE

Meaning of SAVOIR VIVRE in English

n. breeding, upbringing, comity, knowledge, sophistication, polish He has at least enough savoir vivre to know that one doesn't drink red wine with oysters

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SAVOIR VIVRE — -|vēvr( ə ), -v(rə) noun Etymology: French savoir-vivre, literally, knowing how to live : ability to live elegantly : observance …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAVOIR-VIVRE — savoir-vivre BrE AmE ˌsæv wɑː ˈviːv rə ˌsʌv- AmE -wɑːr- —French [ sa vwaʁ viːvʁ \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAVOIR-VIVRE — /sav"wahr vee"vreuh, -veev"/ ; Fr. /sann vwannrdd vee"vrddeu/ , n. knowledge of the world and the ways or usages of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAVOIR VIVRE — n. worldly sophisticated wisdom and civility
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAVOIR VIVRE — Савуар вивр (старое название клуба "Будлз" (Boodle's) фр. уметь жить
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
SAVOIR VIVRE — (французское) житейская мудрость, умение держать себя, выдержка, такт
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVOIR VIVRE — фр. житейская мудрость; умение держать себя, выдержка, такт
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SAVOIR VIVRE — фр. житейская мудрость; умение держать себя, выдержка, такт
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SAVOIR VIVRE — фр. житейская мудрость; умение держать себя, выдержка, такт
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SAVOIR VIVRE — "Савуар вивр" (старое название клуба "Будлз" [Boodle's]) фр. уметь жить
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
SAVOIR VIVRE — (французское) житейская мудрость, умение держать себя, выдержка, такт
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VIVRE — v. be alive, live (French)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAVOIR FAIRE — noun Etymology: French savoir-faire, literally, knowing how to do Date: 1815 capacity for appropriate action, see: tact
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JOIE DE VIVRE — noun Etymology: French, literally, joy of living Date: 1889 keen or buoyant enjoyment of life
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAVOIR FAIRE — |savˌwär|fa(a)](ə)r, -fe], -wȧ|f...]ə\ noun Etymology: French savoir-faire, literally, knowing how to do : a seemingly instinctive ability to act appropriately …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOIE DE VIVRE — ˌzhwädəˈvēvr( ə ), -vēv(rə) noun Etymology: French, literally, joy of living : keen or buoyant enjoyment of life youthfully innocent …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOIE DE VIVRE — /zhwanndeu vee"vrddeu/ , French. a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living. [ lit., joy of living ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JOIE DE VIVRE — (French) happiness of life, joy of living, enjoyment of life
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SAVOIR FAIRE — noun Etymology: French savoir-faire, literally, knowing how to do Date: 1815 : capacity for appropriate action ; especially : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JOIE DE VIVRE — noun Etymology: French, literally, joy of living Date: 1889 : keen or buoyant enjoyment of life
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JOIE DE VIVRE — [ ˌʒwα: də'vi:vr(ə) ] ■ noun exuberant enjoyment of life. Origin Fr., lit. 'joy of living'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SAVOIR FAIRE — [sa.voir faire] n [F savoir-faire, lit., knowing how to do] (1815): capacity for appropriate action; esp: a polished sureness in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JOIE DE VIVRE — [joie de vi.vre] n [F, lit., joy of living] (1889): keen or buoyant enjoyment of life
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAVOIR-FAIRE — savoir-faire BrE AmE ˌsæv wɑː ˈfeə ˌsʌv- AmE -wɑːr ˈfe ə r -ˈfæ ə r —French [ sa vwaʁ fɛːʁ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JOIE DE VIVRE — joie de vivre BrE AmE ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːv rə -ˈviːv —French [ ʒwad viːvʁ ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAVOIR-FAIRE — Savoir-faire is the confidence and ability to do the appropriate thing in a social situation. ( FORMAL ) He was …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JOIE DE VIVRE — Joie de vivre is a feeling of happiness and enjoyment of life. ( LITERARY ) He has plenty of joie …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVOIR-FAIRE — Savoir-faire is the confidence and ability to do the appropriate thing in a social situation. (FORMAL) He was full of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
JOIE DE VIVRE — Joie de vivre is a feeling of happiness and enjoyment of life. (LITERARY) He has plenty of ~. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SAVOIR-FAIRE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ people with money and savoir-faire EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ What vanity, to imagine that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JOIE DE VIVRE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her sweetness, her candor, her joie de vivre and fresh beauty-why had he been so …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVOIR-FAIRE — Synonyms and related words : ability, adaptability, address, adeptness, adroitness, affection, airmanship, aplomb, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, attribute, bienseance, blaseness, bravura, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVOIR FAIRE — Function: noun Synonyms: TACT , address, delicatesse, diplomacy, poise, tactfulness Related Words: manners; dignity, elegance, grace; refinement, savoir vivre, taste; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SAVOIR FAIRE — noun Synonyms: tact , address, delicatesse, diplomacy, poise, tactfulness Related Word: manners; dignity, elegance, grace; refinement, savoir vivre, taste; aplomb, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVOIR FAIRE — n. tact, tactfulness, sophistication, finesse, urbanity, discretion, knowledgeability, diplomacy, urbanity, smoothness, polish, suavity or suaveness, poise, grace, style, skill, adroitness, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VIVERS — noun plural Etymology: Middle French vivres, plural of vivre food, from vivre to live, from Latin vivere Date: 1536 victuals, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HALS, FRANS — born 1581/85, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands died Sept. 1, 1666, Haarlem, Neth. Dutch portrait painter. He spent his life in Haarlem, …
Английский словарь Британика
VIVEUR — (ˈ)vē|vər(.) noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from vivre to live + -eur -or : one who indulges freely or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIVERS — ˈvēvərz noun plural Etymology: Middle French vivres, plural of vivre food, victual, from vivre to live, from Latin vivere — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TACT — ˈtakt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Latin tactus sense of touch, from tactus, past participle of tangere to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIVERS — /vee"veuhrz/ , n.pl. Chiefly Scot. victuals; foodstuffs. [ 1530-40; vivres, pl. of vivre food, n. use of vivre to live …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JOIE — n. (French) joy; part of the French phrase "joie de vivre" which means joy of life, enjoyment of life
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VIVERS — noun plural Etymology: Middle French vivres, plural of vivre food, from vivre to live, from Latin vivere Date: 1536 chiefly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TACT — noun Etymology: French, sense of touch, from Latin tactus, from tangere to touch — more at tangent Date: 1797 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIVERS — [ 'vʌɪvəz ] ■ plural noun Scottish, chiefly literary provisions; food. Origin C16: from Fr. vivres , from vivre 'to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VIVERS — [vi.vers] n pl [MF vivres, pl. of vivre food, fr. vivre to live, fr. L vivere] (1536) chiefly Scot: victuals, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TACT — [tact] n [F, sense of touch, fr. L tactus, fr. tangere to touch--more at tangent] (1797) 1: sensitive mental or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: OBITUARY
Britannica English vocabulary
SEDAINE, MICHEL-JEAN — born June 2, 1719, Paris, Fr. died May 17, 1797, Paris French dramatist who is best known as the author …
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LELOUCH, CLAUDE — born Oct. 30, 1937, Paris motion-picture director, noted chiefly for his lush visual style, who achieved prominence in 1966 with …
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KARINA, ANNA — born September 22, 1940, Copenhagen, Den. original name Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer Danish beauty prominently featured in French films of …
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BLAIS, MARIE-CLAIRE — born Oct. 5, 1939, Quebec, Que., Can. French-Canadian novelist and poet, known for reporting the bleak inner reality of characters …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVOI — r-faire [noun] [U] [formal] - the ability to do and say the right thing in any social situationShe possesses great …
Cambridge English vocab
JOIE — de vivre [noun] [U] [formal] - a feeling of great happiness and enjoyment of lifeHe's lived in Spain for the …
Cambridge English vocab
TACT — Synonyms and related words : ability, accommodatingness, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, agreeableness, airmanship, allergy, amenity, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PROFICIENCY — Synonyms and related words : ability, ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, advancement, airmanship, all-knowingness, anabasis, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura, …
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MANNERS — Synonyms and related words : action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, amenities, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral …
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GRACE — Synonyms and related words : Angelus, Atticism, Ave, Ave Maria, BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, …
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GOOD MANNERS — Synonyms and related words : amenities, bienseance, civilities, civility, comity, convention, correct deportment, correctitude, correctness, courtesy, courtliness, decencies, decorum, diplomatic …
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DIPLOMACY — Synonyms and related words : Eisenhower Doctrine, Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, …
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CULTURE — Synonyms and related words : Acheulean, Aurignacian, Azilian, Chellean, Eolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic, Pre-Chellean, Solutrean, acculturation, acquired taste, agrarianism, agricultural geology, …
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ADDRESS — Synonyms and related words : Parthian shot, abiding place, ability, abode, accost, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adduce, adeptness, adroitness, …
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SOPHISTICATION — n. 1 worldliness, urbanity, culture, refinement, knowledge, knowledgeability, cosmopolitanism, polish, elegance, poise, suavity or suavité, savoir faire, savoir vivre, finesse, …
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