inconnu

[ in-kuh-noo, -nyoo, ing-; French an-kaw-ny ]

noun,plural in·con·nus [in-kuh-nooz, -nyooz, ing-; French an-kaw-ny], /ˌɪn kəˈnuz, -ˈnyuz, ˌɪŋ-; French ɛ̃ kɔˈnü/, (especially collectively for 2) in·con·nu.
  1. a person who is unknown; stranger.

  2. Also called sheefish. a game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, of fresh or brackish northern waters.

Origin of inconnu

1
1800–10; <French: literally, unknown, equivalent to in-in-3 + connu, past participle of connaître to know, be acquainted with <Latin cognōscere;see cognition

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inconnu

/ (ˈɪnkənuː) /


noun
  1. a North American freshwater food and game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, related to the salmon

Origin of inconnu

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C19: from French, literally: unknown

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