general knowledge

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnɹəl ˈnɒlɪdʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹəl ˈnɑlɪdʒ/

Noun

general knowledge (uncountable)

1. The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with common knowledge.

Translations

wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life

• Bulgarian: обща култура f (obšta kultura)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常識 / 常识 (zh) (chángshí), 雜學 / 杂学 (zh) (záxué), 雜識 / 杂识 (záshí)

• Dutch: algemene kennis f
• Finnish: yleistieto (fi)
• French: culture générale (fr) f
• German: Allgemeinwissen (de) n
• Greek: γενικές γνώσεις f pl (genikés gnóseis)
• Hungarian: általános műveltség
• Macedonian: општа култура f (opšta kultura)
• Norwegian: allmenndannelse m
• Polish: wiedza ogólna f
• Romanian: cunoștințe generale f pl, cultură generală (ro) f
• Russian: о́бщие зна́ния n pl (óbščije znánija)
• Spanish: cultura general (es) f
• Swedish: allmänbildning (sv) c
• Turkish: genel bilgi

See also

• general education