inconnu

American  

[in-kuh-noo, -nyoo, ing-, an-kaw-ny] / ˌɪn kəˈnu, -ˈnyu, ˌɪŋ-, ɛ̃ kɔˈnü /

noun

plural

inconnus, inconnu

1. a person who is unknown; stranger.

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

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inconnu British  

/ ˈɪnkənuː /

noun

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

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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

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

De Musset writes, "On ne travaille pas, on �coute, c'est comme un inconnu qui vous parle � l'oreille."

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

The French edition has the title, Les Œuvres d’Euclide, traduites en Latin et en Fran�ais, d’apr�s un manuscrit tr�s-ancien qui �tait rest� inconnu jusqu’� nos jours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various