inconnu

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

noun

, plural in·con·nus [in-k, uh, -, nooz, -, nyooz, ing-, a, n, -kaw-, ny], 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.

inconnu

/ ˈɪnkənuː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconnu¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconnu¹

C19: from French, literally: unknown

Example Sentences

In true Martinism, the significance of the term Philosophe inconnu was of another order.

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It is under precisely similar circumstances that the hero of the Bel Inconnu stories undertakes his first adventure.

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Ils sont tous dorez avec une delicatesse inconnu aux doreurs d'aujourd'hui.

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My thirst for the blood of this inconnu has modified considerably in the past few days.

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This is probably the earliest notice of the inconnu, Stenodus Mackenzii (Richardson).

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