au faitとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊˈfeɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊˈfeɪ/

形容詞

au fait (comparative more au fait, superlative most au fait)

1. Being familiar with or informed about something.

   Synonyms: acquainted, at home, conversant, familiar

   Are you au fait with the rules of the game?

   • 1871, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, “The Silent Partner”, in Popular American Literature of the 19th Century, →ISBN, page 857:

     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.

   • 1999, R.J. Hankinson, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, →ISBN, page 535:

     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.

   • 2003, D R J Laming, Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick?, →ISBN, page 4:

     This may sound needless to the professional who is au fait with the history and direction of the investigation.

Further reading

• “au fait” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.