It can mean know-how or it can simply be to know how to do (something).
It literally means "to know how to do". It means know-how, especially social know-how.
"Savoir comment faire" literal or "savoir faire" defines a personal capacity
"To know how to do" is one English equivalent of the French phrase savoir faire.Specifically, the infinitive savoir means "to know, to know how." The infinitive faire means "to do, to make." The pronunciation will be "sah-vwahr fehr" in French.
It's Savoir faire and Wikipedia says:-Savoir-faire, a French noun phrase that means being adaptable and adroit, knowing what to do in any situation
Faire aime vous savoir qu'il signifie.
LiteralyKnow-how.This is a noun composed with two verbs, which is quite unusual.(another case is Laissez faire which has been correctly answered )What_is_laissez-faireSome examples to give the idea of what "savoir faire" is- Les français ont un vrai savoir-faire en matière de vin. (literaly : French have a real know-how as regards wine)=French do know how to make wine. - Le savoir faire d'Apple a permis à la société de redevenir un acteur informatique performant.The Apple's "know-how" has allowed the corporation to become again a high-performant actor on the computer marketSavoir faire is often used- in industry to qualify a corporation with a great product.- In craft works- In artsetc...
laissez-faire means: doing nothing, not to oppose.More infos about French expressions and idioms:http://french-expressions.com
It means- To know how to do something
I think you may mean 'savoir faire', which literally means 'to know how to do'
It means: the capacity for appropriate action, or a polished sureness in social behavior. Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. From the French "savoir faire" [savwah fehrr] = "to know (how) to do" (something). In English it could be "know how" (but referring to social not intellectual knowledge).
Il y a également des savoir-faire à Paris means 'there are also know-hows in Paris'
"Carte blanche" is the French expression that means complete freedom to do as you choose.