View source for au fait

==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|au fait|lit=at fact}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌəʊˈfeɪ/|nocount=1|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-au fait.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˌoʊˈfeɪ/|nocount=1|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-au fait.oga|a=US}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Being [[familiar]] with or informed about something.
#: {{syn|en|acquainted|at home|conversant|familiar}}
#: {{ux|en|Are you '''au fait''' with the rules of the game?}}
#* {{RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara|page=175|volume=II|text=The Chevalier was, as usual, '''''au fait''''' at all the anecdotes of the court, which had been exceedingly gay, owing to the visit of Madame de Savoie and her daughter, the Princess Marguerite.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1871|passage=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.|author=[[w:Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps]]|chapter=The Silent Partner|title=Popular American Literature of the 19th Century|isbn=0195141407|page=857}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|passage=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.|author=R.J. Hankinson|title=The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy|isbn=0521250285|page=535}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|passage=This may sound needless to the professional who is '''au fait''' with the history and direction of the investigation.|author=D R J Laming|title=Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick?|isbn=0631219838|page=4}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Lexico}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|au faite}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-au fait.ogg|a=France}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-au-fait-fr-Paris.ogg|a=Paris}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj|inv=y}}

# [[au fait#English|au fait]] {{+obj|fr|:de<with>}}
#: {{uxi|fr|Êtes-vous '''au fait''' des règles du jeu ?|Are you '''au fait''' with the rules of the game?}}

====See also====
* {{l|fr|[[au courant]] [[de]]}}

===Adverb===
{{fr-adv}}

# [[by the way]]
#: {{uxi|fr|'''Au fait''', d’où viens-tu ?|'''By the way''', where do you come from?}}
#: {{uxi|fr|'''Au fait''', j’ai rendez-vous chez le médecin à onze heures, donc en fait je vais arriver en retard chez toi .| '''By the way''', have a doctor's appointment at eleven, so I'm actually going to be late to your house.}}

====Usage notes====
Not to be confused with {{m|fr|en fait}}.

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|fautai}}