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.
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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
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
Oh, you will find the roads rough and much out of order; we call it ‘un chemin perdu,’ and as the town is insignificant, and produces nothing, we call it ‘un endroit inconnu.’
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
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