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à savoir

FormalC1

What follows

à savoir + a noun

Function

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Meaning

Announces the exact LIST of what was just mentioned.

Position and punctuation

within the sentence · a comma before

Example

Trois villes sont retenues, à savoir Lille, Nantes et Lyon.

Three cities have been selected, namely Lille, Nantes and Lyon.

In the DELF

the C1 synthesis