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/ˈnəʊ.haʊ/
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Northumbria:
/ˈnaː.huː/
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/ˈnoʊ.haʊ/
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rhymes with (US) -oʊhaʊ
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homophone: nohow
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CMU ARPABET:
N OW1 HH AW2
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The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expertise, savoir-faire
Antonyms: none provided
the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ability, power
Narrower terms: bag of tricks, wisdom, sapience, method
Deverbal from know how. American English, 1838.
Across languages
Translations 46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
دِرَايَة
(dirāya)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Arabic :
بَرَاعَة
(barāʕa)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Arabic :
مَهَارَة
(mahāra)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Arabic :
حِذْق
(ḥiḏq)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Bulgarian :
умение
(umenie)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Bulgarian :
вещина
(veština)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Bulgarian :
ноу-хау
(nou-hau)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Chinese Mandarin :
技巧
(jìqiǎo)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Chinese Mandarin :
技能
(jìnéng)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Chinese Mandarin :
知識 /知识
(zhīshi)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Danish :
sagkundskab
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Danish :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Esperanto :
scipovo
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Estonian :
oskusteave
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Finnish :
tietotaito
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Finnish :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Finnish :
osaaminen
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
French :
savoir-faire
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Georgian :
ნოუ ჰაუ
(nou hau)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Georgian :
ნოუ-ჰაუ
(nou-hau)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Georgian :
იცოდე როგორ
(icode rogor)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
German :
Fachwissen
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
German :
Sachkenntnis
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
German :
Know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Hindi :
व्यवहार-ज्ञान
(vyavhār-jñān)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Italian :
conoscenza
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Italian :
sapere fare
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Japanese :
ノウハウ
(nōhau)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Korean :
노하우
(nohau)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Macedonian :
спо́собност
(spósobnost)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Macedonian :
ве́штина
(véština)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Persian :
مهارت
(mahârat)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Persian :
دانش
(dâneš)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Polish :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Portuguese :
saber-fazer
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Portuguese :
savoir-faire
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Portuguese :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Russian :
ноу-ха́у
(nou-xáu)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Spanish :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Spanish :
saber hacer
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Spanish :
noujáu
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Spanish :
know how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Swedish :
sakkunskap
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Swedish :
know-how
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Thai :
โนว์ฮาว
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
Ukrainian :
ноу-ха́у
(nou-xáu)
— the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
