knowledgeable

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English knowledge

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English knowledgeable

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Atlantic Canada) enPR: nŏ'lĭ-jə-bl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
(Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl]
Hyphenation: know‧ledge‧a‧ble

knowledgeable (comparative more knowledgeable, superlative most knowledgeable)

Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
Synonym: (informal) hot

a knowledgeable man
Educated and well-informed.

having knowledge, especially of a particular subject — see also aware,‎ expert,‎ erudite

Arabic: عَارِف m (ʕārif)
Armenian: բանիմաց (hy) (banimacʻ), գիտուն (hy) (gitun)
Central Bikol: tatao (bcl)
Bulgarian: знаещ (bg) (znaešt), образован (bg) (obrazovan)
Catalan: erudit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎢ (agatahnai)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 知識淵博的 / 知识渊博的 (zhīshi yuānbó de), 有見識的 / 有见识的 (yǒu jiànshi de)
Czech: erudovaný (cs)
Dutch: geïnformeerd (nl)
Esperanto: sperta
Finnish: tietorikas
French: savant (fr), instruit (fr)
Galician: erudito m, coñecedor (gl) m, sabido (gl), sabedor (gl)
German: kenntnisreich, kundig (de), sachkundig (de), bewanderte (de)
Greek: επαΐων (el) m (epaḯon)
Hindi: जानकार (hi) (jānkār), सुविज्ञ (suvijña), ज्ञानी (hi) (jñānī)
Indonesian: berpengetahuan (id), berilmu (id)
Italian: erudito (it) m, istruito (it), esperto (it)
Persian: دانا (fa) (dânâ), شناسا (fa) (šenâsâ), کاردان (fa) (kârdân)
Polish: obeznany (pl), uczony (pl), oczytany (pl)
Portuguese: instruído (pt) m, sábio (pt) m, erudito (pt) m
Russian: зна́ющий (ru) (znájuščij), образо́ванный (ru) (obrazóvannyj), учёный (ru) (učónyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach, eòlach
Serbo-Croatian: naòbrāžen (sh), ȕčen (sh), òbrazovān (sh)
Spanish: instruido (es), entendido (es), conocedor (es), sabedor (es), sabido (es), puesto en, esciente, entendedor (es), culto (es)
Swedish: kunnig (sv)
Tocharian B: ūwe
Turkish: bilgili (tr)

well informed — see also informed,‎ in the know

Arabic: عَالِم (ar) m (ʕālim)
Bikol:
Central Bikol: tatao (bcl)
Bulgarian: начетен (bg) (načeten), просветен (bg) (prosveten)
Catalan: entès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 博學的 / 博学的 (bóxué de), 見多識廣的 / 见多识广的 (jiànduōshíguǎng de)
Dutch: goed ingelicht
Finnish: tietorikas, tietäväinen (fi)
Galician: informado m, instruído
German: unterrichtet (de), bewandert (de), kompetent (de)
Greek: γνώστης (el) m (gnóstis)
Hindi: जानकार (hi) (jānkār), सुविज्ञ (suvijña), ज्ञानी (hi) (jñānī)
Irish: eolach
Italian: informato (it) m
Portuguese: informado (pt) m
Russian: осведомлённый (ru) (osvedomljónnyj), информи́рованный (ru) (informírovannyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach, eòlach
Swedish: kunnig (sv)
Turkish: bilgili (tr)

knowledgeable (plural knowledgeables)