savoir-faire

1. 1.

   social skill

   Synonymsaddress

   Broadertact

Questions about savoir-faire

What does savoir-faire mean?

savoir-faire means "social skill".

How many syllables are in savoir-faire?

savoir-faire has 3 syllables and divides as sa-voir--faire under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for savoir-faire?

Close synonyms include address. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.