know-how

• knowhow

American English, 1838.[1][2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ.haʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊ.haʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊhaʊ, (US) -oʊhaʊ
• Homophone: nohow

know-how (uncountable)

1. The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).

   Synonym: expertise

   Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.

• snow-how

• → Danish: know-how
• → Finnish: know-how
• → German: Know-how
• → Italian: know-how
• → Japanese: ノウハウ
• → Portuguese: know-how
• → Russian: ноу-хау (nou-xau)
• → Spanish: know-how
• → Swedish: know-how
• → Thai: โนว์ฮาว

• “know-how”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “know-how”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Recent direct loan from English know-how

• IPA^(key): /ˈknou̯hɑu/, [ˈkno̞u̯ɦɑ̝u]

know-how

1. know-how

• tietotaito
• osaaminen

• “know-how”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.

• IPA^(key): /noˈaw/, /noˈwaw/, (careful style) /noˈhaw/[1]
• Rhymes: -aw

know-how m (invariable)

1. know-how

Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.

know-how m (plural know-hows)

1. know-how

   Synonyms: saber-fazer, savoir-faire

For quotations using this term, see Citations:know-how.

Unadapted borrowing from English know-how.

know-how n (uncountable)

1. know-how