səˈbi(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from the word for “know” in a concocted lingua franca used by Molière died 1673 French playwright in his comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670) as the vehicle of a song (of which the first two lines are Se ti sabir, Ti respondir meaning “if you know, answer”), probably from Spanish saber to know — more at savvy
: a French-based pidgin language of No. Africa