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Translate acquaintance from English to French

Summary

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acquaintance:
- première rencontre; connaissance; relation; ami lointain
Wiktionary:
- acquaintance → fréquentation, relation, accointance, abord
- acquaintance → connaissance, copain

English

Detailed Translations for acquaintance from English to French

acquaintance:

acquaintance [the ~] nomen

the acquaintance (getting acquainted with)
la première rencontre
- première rencontre [la ~] nomen
the acquaintance (knowledge)
la connaissance; la relation; l'ami lointain
- connaissance [la ~] nomen
- relation [la ~] nomen
- ami lointain [le ~] nomen
the acquaintance
la connaissance; la relation
- connaissance [la ~] nomen
- relation [la ~] nomen
the acquaintance
la connaissance
- connaissance [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for acquaintance:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ami lointain	acquaintance; knowledge
connaissance	acquaintance; knowledge	apparition; aquaintance; capability; cleverness; competence; erudition; expertise; frame of mind; friend; ghost; ghostly apparition; handiness; humor; humour; knowledge; learning; mood; phantom; scholarship; science; specter; spectre; spook; temper
première rencontre	acquaintance; getting acquainted with
relation	acquaintance; knowledge	affair; agreement; alliance; amorous adventure; association; band; binding; bond; combination; connection; contact; courtship; junction; junctions; league; liaison; line; link; linkage; linking; love affair; pact; relation; relationship; relative context; romance; romanticism; telephone connection; thickness; union; wooing
-	acquaintanceship; conversance; conversancy; familiarity; friend
Not Specified	Related Translations	Other Translations
connaissance		knowledge

Related Words for "acquaintance":

acquaintances

Synonyms for "acquaintance":

familiarity; conversance; conversancy; information
acquaintanceship; relationship
friend; person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; soul

Related Definitions for "acquaintance":

personal knowledge or information about someone or something¹
a person with whom you are acquainted¹
- I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances¹
a relationship less intimate than friendship¹

Wiktionary Translations for acquaintance:

acquaintance

noun

person
- acquaintance → fréquentation; relation
state of being acquainted
- acquaintance → relation; accointance

acquaintance

noun

(vieilli) action d’arriver au bord, de toucher le rivage.
- abord → encounter; meeting; approach; acquaintance; familiarity; relation; understanding; connection; interrelation; relationship; access; admission; admittance; accession; entrance; entry; landing; acceptance; reception
liaison, fréquentation.
- accointance → acquaintance
Personne de confiance
- relation → acquaintance

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• acquaintance	→ connaissance	↔ Bekannte — eine weibliche Person, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind
• acquaintance	→ copain	↔ Bekannter — Person männlichen oder unbestimmten Geschlechts, die jemand kennt und die ihn kennt, ohne dass beide befreundet sind

Related Translations for acquaintance

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