Grammatical class
Noun
savant
scholar, scientist
Details
Syllables
sa-vant
Phonetics
sa.vɑ̃
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
8328
Freq. (movies)
8699
Freq. (news)
14421
Variants
Sentences
Il est plus qu'un savant.
He is very much a scholar.
A1
Il passe pour un savant dans notre communauté.
He passes for a learned man in our community.
A1
Il passait pour un savant dans notre communauté.
He passed for a learned man in our community.
A1
Il est à la fois savant et musicien.
He is a scholar and a musician simultaneously.
A2
Le chef du parti est un célèbre savant.
The leader of the party is a famous scientist.
A2
Le savant sait qu'il ignore.
The learned man knows that there are things which he doesn't know.
B1
M. Jones a été considéré comme un grand savant.
Mr Jones was looked upon as a great scholar.
B1