inconnu
Americannoun
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a person who is unknown; stranger.
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Also called sheefish. a game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, of fresh or brackish northern waters.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of inconnu
1800–10; < French: literally, unknown, equivalent to in- in- 3 + connu, past participle of connaître to know, be acquainted with < Latin cognōscere; see cognition
Example Sentences
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Nearly overnight, Jimmy went from an inconnu to welcome everywhere in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu 1, 2011 by Richard Hamilton.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012
Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu 1, 2011 by Richard Hamilton, featuring Poussin, Courbet and Titian and ’resonant with respect for these great forbears’.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012
Il me faudrait donc reprendre ma planche et rester inconnu jusqu'� la fin des choses, puisque je n'aurais pas �t� invent� par la Gazette des Beaux Arts.—Recevez,
From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Whistler, James McNeill
Chez le Grec, l’amour propre, la vanité se mêlent à tout; le sentiment vague lui est inconnu; la réflexion sur sa propre destinée lui paraît fade.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
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