/ɛ̃.kɔ.ny/
Translation
unknown; as a noun, a stranger
Word origin
From the prefix in- ('not') and connu, the past participle of connaître, from Latin cognoscere ('to get to know'), itself from co- and the root gnoscere ('to know').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cognoscere
- English cognates
- incognito, cognition, recognise
Grammar
Examples
l' .
The cause of the fire remains unknown.
' l'.
A stranger stopped me in the street to ask the time.
chanteur .
That singer was completely unknown two years ago.
' .
Do not open the door to strangers.
au Madrid.
She tasted an unfamiliar fruit at the market in Madrid.
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