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

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