au fait
/ˌəʊˈfeɪ//ˌoʊˈfeɪ/
au fait adjective: being familiar with or informed about something.
Adjective
au fait (comparative more au fait, superlative most au fait)
- Being familiar with or informed about something.
- Are you au fait with the rules of the game?
- The Chevalier was, as usual, au fait at all the anecdotes of the court, which had been exceedingly gay, owing to the visit of Madame de Savoie and her daughter, the Princess Marguerite.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 175
- Synonyms:
- acquainted, at home, conversant, familiar
au fait meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
au fait in Tamil
- தெரிந்து, அறிந்து வைத்திருக்கும் நிலையில், நன்கு தெரிந்த
au fait in Malayalam
- conversant, familiar, acquainted
- നന്നായറിയുന്ന, നല്ല പരിചയമുള്ള, പരിചയമുള്ള, അറിവുള്ള, നന്നായി പരിചയമുള്ള, സുപരിചിതമായ
au fait in Kannada
- ಪರಿಣತ, ಪಾರಂಗತ, ಪಂಡಿತ, ತಜ್ಞ
Examples of au fait in a sentence
- Now there is father; he is au fait in all these matters; has a theory for every case of whooping-cough, – and a mission school.1871, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, “The Silent Partner”, in Popular American Literature of the 19th Century, →ISBN, page 857:
- In that case, it would help to have a benevolent deity who is au fait with those complexities — but that there is such a deity is a feature of Stoic theology.1999, R.J. Hankinson, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 535:
- This may sound needless to the professional who is au fait with the history and direction of the investigation.2003, D R J Laming, Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick?, →ISBN, page 4:
Synonyms of au fait
Forms of au fait
| comparative | more au fait |
|---|---|
| superlative | most au fait |
Origin of au fait
Borrowed from French au fait (literally “at the fact”).
Questions about au fait
- What does au fait mean?
- Au fait means being familiar with or informed about something.
- What is au fait in Tamil?
- Au fait in Tamil is தெரிந்து, அறிந்து வைத்திருக்கும் நிலையில், நன்கு தெரிந்த. See Au fait meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use au fait in a sentence?
- Now there is father; he is au fait in all these matters; has a theory for every case of whooping-cough, – and a mission school.
- What part of speech is au fait?
- Au fait is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce au fait?
- Au fait is pronounced /ˌəʊˈfeɪ/ (UK).
Words near au fait in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: au fait (page history and authors); au fait (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); au fait (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); au fait (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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