acquaintance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkweɪntəns/
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• US: /ʌˈkweɪn.təns/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 K W EY1 N T AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”), from Old French acointier (“to acquaint”). Compare French accointance. Morphologically acquaint + -ance.

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: njohje — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Arabic: مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Armenian: ծանոթություն (canotʻutʻyun) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Azerbaijani: tanışlıq — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Belarusian: знаёмства (znajómstva) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Breton: konesañs — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Bulgarian: позна́нство (poznánstvo) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Czech: známost — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Dutch: bekendheid — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Finnish: tuttavuus — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Finnish: tuttavasuhde — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• French: relation — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• French: accointance — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• French: connaissance — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Galician: familiaridade — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Georgian: ნაცნობობა (nacnoboba) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• German: Bekanntschaft — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• German: Umgang — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Greek: γνωριμία (gnorimía) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Hindi: परिचय (paricay) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Hungarian: ismeretség — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Indonesian: rasa kenal — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Ingrian: tuttahus — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Irish: aitheantas — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Irish: aithnid — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Italian: conoscenza — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Japanese: 知り合い (shiriai) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Kashmiri: ٲشنٲوؠ (ạ̄śnạ̄v') — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Kashmiri: زان (zān) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Kazakh: таныстық (tanystyq) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Kyrgyz: тааныштык (taanıştık) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Latin: nōtitia — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Latvian: pazīšanās — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Lithuanian: pažintis — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Macedonian: запознавање (zapoznavanje) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Malayalam: പരിചയം (paricayaṁ) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Iranian Persian: آشْنایی (âšnâyi) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Iranian Persian: آشِنایی (âšenâyi) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Polish: znajomość — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Portuguese: familiaridade — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Romanian: cunoștință — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Russian: знако́мство (znakómstvo) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Sardinian: connoschimentu — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Serbo-Croatian: позна́нство — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Serbo-Croatian: poznánstvo — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Slovak: známosť — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Slovene: poznanstvo — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Spanish: amistad — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Spanish: conocimiento — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Spanish: junta — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Spanish: relación — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Spanish: trato — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Swedish: bekantskap — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Tagalog: kakilala — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Tajik: ошноӣ (ošnoyi) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Tajik: шиносоӣ (šinosoyi) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Telugu: పరిచయము (paricayamu) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Turkish: aşina — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Ukrainian: знайо́мство (znajómstvo) — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Uzbek: tanishlik — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Volapük: seväd — state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship
• Armenian: ծանոթ (canotʻ) — person
• Azerbaijani: tanış — person
• Azerbaijani: aşna — person
• Azerbaijani: tanış-biliş — person
• Bashkir: таныш (tanış) — person
• Belarusian: знаёмы (znajómy) — person
• Belarusian: знаёмая (znajómaja) — person
• Central Bikol: kamidbid — person
• Bulgarian: позна́йник (poznájnik) — person
• Bulgarian: позна́йничка (poznájnička) — person
• Bulgarian: позна́йница (poznájnica) — person
• Bulgarian: позна́т (poznát) — person
• Bulgarian: позна́та (poznáta) — person
• Burmese: အသိအကျွမ်း (a.si.a.kywam:) — person
• Catalan: conegut — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟人 (shúrén, shóurén) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 相識 /相识 (xiāngshí) — person
• Czech: známý — person
• Czech: známá — person
• Danish: bekendt — person
• Dutch: kennis — person
• Dutch: bekende — person
• Esperanto: konato — person
• Finnish: tuttava — person
• Finnish: tuttu — person
• French: fréquentation — person
• French: relation — person
• French: connaissance — person
• Galician: coñecido — person
• Georgian: ნაცნობი (nacnobi) — person
• German: Bekannter — person
• German: Bekannte — person
• Greek: γνωστός (gnostós) — person
• Ancient Greek: γνώριμος (gnṓrimos) — person
• Hindi: परिचित (paricit) — person
• Hungarian: ismerős — person
• Ibatan: am-ammo — person
• Indonesian: kenalan — person
• Ingrian: tuttava — person
• Ingrian: sebra — person
• Ingrian: sebro — person
• Italian: conoscenza — person
• Japanese: 知人 (chijin) — person
• Japanese: 知り合い (shiriai) — person
• Kashmiri: زٲنؠ کار (zạ̄n' kār) — person
• Kazakh: таныс (tanys) — person
• Khmer: ការស្គាល់គ្នា (kaa skŏəl kniə) — person
• Korean: 아는 사람 (aneun saram) — person
• Korean: 지인 (jiin) — person
• Central Kurdish: ناسیار (nasyar) — person
• Kyrgyz: тааныш (taanış) — person
• Ladino: alishik — person
• Latvian: paziņa — person
• Lithuanian: pažįstamas — person
• Lithuanian: pažįstama — person
• Macedonian: познаник (poznanik) — person
• Macedonian: познаничка (poznanička) — person
• Malayalam: പരിചയക്കാരൻ (paricayakkāraṉ) — person
• Maranao: kagiginawa — person
• Mongolian: танил (tanil) — person
• Norman: accointance — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbindelse — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekjent — person
• Old English: cūþ — person
• Pangasinan: kabkabat — person
• Iranian Persian: آشْنا (âšnâ) — person
• Iranian Persian: آشِنا (âšenâ) — person
• Polabian: blaizĕk — person
• Polish: znajomy — person
• Polish: znajoma — person
• Portuguese: conhecido — person
• Romanian: cunoscut — person
• Romanian: cunoscută — person
• Romanian: cunoștință — person
• Romansh: enconuschent — person
• Russian: знако́мый (znakómyj) — person
• Russian: знако́мая (znakómaja) — person
• Sardinian: connoschènte — person
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀знанӣк — person
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀знаница — person
• Serbo-Croatian: pòznanīk — person
• Serbo-Croatian: pòznanica — person
• Slovak: známy — person
• Slovak: známa — person
• Spanish: conocido — person
• Spanish: conocida — person
• Spanish: amiguete — person
• Swedish: bekant — person
• Tagalog: kakilala — person
• Tajik: ошно (ošno) — person
• Tajik: шинос (šinos) — person
• Tatar: таныш (tanış) — person
• Telugu: పరిచితుడు (paricituḍu) — person
• Thai: คนรู้จัก — person
• Thai: ผู้คุ้นเคย (pûu-kún-kəəi) — person
• Tibetan: ངོ་ཤེས་པ — person
• Tok Pisin: poroman — person
• Tok Pisin: poro — person
• Turkish: tanıdık — person
• Turkish: eş dost — person
• Turkmen: tanyş — person
• Tuvan: таныш (tanış) — person
• Ukrainian: знайо́мий (znajómyj) — person
• Ukrainian: знайо́ма (znajóma) — person
• Uyghur: تونۇش (tonush) — person
• Uzbek: tanish — person
• Vietnamese: người quen — person
• Volapük: sevädan — person
• Volapük: hisevädan — person
• Volapük: jisevädan — person
• Welsh: cydnabod — person
• Bulgarian: позна́нствa (poznánstva) — one's circle of acquaintances
• Bulgarian: позна́ти (poznáti) — one's circle of acquaintances