English
Alternative forms
Noun
know-how (uncountable)
- the knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly)
- Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.
Translations
the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
- Arabic: دِرَايَة f (dirāya), بَرَاعَة f (barāʿa), مَهَارَة f (mahāra), حِذْق m (ḥiḏq)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 技巧 (zh) (jìqiǎo), 技能 (zh) (jìnéng), 知識 (zh), 知识 (zh) (zhīshi)
- Estonian: oskusteave
- Finnish: tietotaito, know-how (fi), osaaminen (fi)
- French: savoir-faire (fr)
- German: Fachwissen (de), Sachkenntnis n, Know-How n
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Finnish
Etymology
Recent direct loan from English
Noun
know-how
- know-how
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from English know-how.
Noun
know-how m (uncountable)
- know-how
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:know-how.