inconnu

American  

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

noun

inconnus plural

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, featuring Poussin, Courbet and Titian and ’resonant with respect for these great forbears’.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu 1, 2011 by Richard Hamilton.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

C'est un sentiment qui m'est inconnu pour les personnes qui m'ont int�ress� une fois, et pour vous surtout, dont j'ai � me reprocher toute ma vie d'avoir �t� la principale cause de toutes vos vicissitudes.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The poisson inconnu, a species of salmon which ascends from the Arctic Ocean, is not found, he says, above this stream.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles