English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /nəʊ/

Homophones

• no
• now (with some dialects or accents--for most English speakers, now is pronounced differently than no or know)

Verb

to know (knows , knew, known, knowing)

1. To be certain or sure about something.
2. To be acquainted or familiar with something or somebody.
3. To have knowledge of something.
4. To have some data about something.
5. To understand a language.

Derived terms

• knowing
• knowledge

Related terms

• get to know

Translations

• Chinese: 知道 , 懂得
• Czech: vědět (1), znát (2)
• Dutch: weten (1), kennen (2)
• Filipino: málaman
• Finnish: tietää, tuntea
• French: savoir (1), connaître (2,3), parler (5)
• Frisian: witte , kenne
• German: wissen (1), kennen (2)
• Guarani: kuaa
• Hungarian: ismer , tud
• Ido: savar (1), konocar (2,3)
• Indonesian: tahu , mengetahui , kenal
• Interlingua: saper , cognoscer , recognoscer
• Italian: sapere, conoscere, riconoscere
• Japanese: 知る (しる , shiru), 知っている (しっている , shitte-iru)
• Kurdish: zanîn (1, 3, 4, 5), nasîn (2)
• Latin: scire
• Manchu: (ulhimbi)
• Portuguese: saber, conhecer , reconhecer
• Slovak: vedieť (1), poznať (2)
• Spanish: saber (1), conocer (2)
• Swedish: veta (1), känna (2)
• Russian: знать
• Tok Pisin: save
• Tupinambá: kuab
• Turkish: bilmek (1, 3, 4, 5), tanmak (2)