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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inconnu1

C19: from French, literally: unknown
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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