acquaintance
acquaint + -ance
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noun
1. a person's knowledge or experience of something:
｟かたく｠ (学習･体験などによって得た) 【学問･芸術などに関する】知識, 心得 «with»
e.g. the students had little acquaintance with the language.
one's slight knowledge of or friendship with someone:
【人との】面識, 付き合い, 交遊 «with» (!具体例ではan ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う)
e.g. I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert
e.g. most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now.
2. a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend:
知り合い, 知人, 顔見知り, なじみ (!friendと違い, 強い信頼関係はない)
e.g. a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
acquaintances considered collectively:
e.g. his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats.
PHRASES
make the acquaintance of (or make someone's acquaintance)
meet someone for the first time and become only slightly familiar:
｟かたく｠ A〈人〉と知り合いになる
e.g. they are anxious to make your acquaintance.
DERIVATIVES
acquaintanceship | əˈkwānt(ə)n(s)ˌSHip | noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known’ (see acquaint).