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cognoscenti

Syllables: cog·nos·cen·te/ˌkɒ.njəˈʃɛn.ti/

cognoscenti is the plural of cognoscente.

Meaning of cognoscente

Noun

cognoscente (plural cognoscenti)

  1. (in plural, often) Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field.
    • He is the painter who has been held to combine the most complete grace of form with sublimity of expression. Such at least I have gathered to be the opinion of cognoscenti.1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XX, in Middlemarch […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II
    Antonyms:
    novice

Origin of cognoscenti

Borrowed from Italian cognoscente, from Latin cognōscere (“to know, become aware of”).

Words formed from cognoscenti

Questions about cognoscenti

What is cognoscenti the plural of?
Cognoscenti is the plural of cognoscente.
How do you pronounce cognoscenti?
Cognoscenti is pronounced /ˌkɒ.njəˈʃɛn.ti/.

Words near cognoscenti in the dictionary

  1. cognosce
  2. cognosced
  3. cognoscence
  4. cognoscent
  5. cognoscente
  6. cognoscenti
  7. cognosces
  8. cognoscibility
  9. cognoscible
  10. cognoscing
  11. cognoscitive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cognoscenti (page history and authors); cognoscente (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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