SAVOIR-VIVRE

Meaning of SAVOIR-VIVRE in English

/sav"wahr vee"vreuh, -veev"/ ; Fr. /sann vwannrdd vee"vrddeu/ , n.

knowledge of the world and the ways or usages of polite society.

[ 1745-55; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — n. breeding, upbringing, comity, knowledge, sophistication, polish He has at least enough savoir vivre to know that one doesn't drink …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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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