inconnu

From French

inconnu (plural inconnus)

1. A large salmonid fish, Stenodus leucichthys, with a large mouth with a protruding lower jaw and a high and pointed dorsal fin

• nelma, sheefish, connie

• inconnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “inconnu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From in- +‎ connu.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ny/

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inconnu (feminine inconnue, masculine plural inconnus, feminine plural inconnues)

1. unknown, obscure, unfamiliar, strange

   Le hurling est un sport inconnu en dehors de l’Irlande.

   The sport of hurling is unknown outside Ireland.

inconnu m (plural inconnus, feminine inconnue)

1. unknown, stranger

   L’inconnu au bar m’a souri.

   The stranger at the bar smiled at me.

• The word inconnu refers to someone or something not previously encountered and totally unknown; a related term, méconnu, refers to something that has been encountered or someone acquainted, but is not entirely familiar.[1][2]

• illustre inconnu
• inconnu au bataillon
• inconnue

• “inconnu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.