je ne sais quoi

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• UK: /ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑː/
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• US: /ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑ/
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• /ˌʒə n(ə)sɛ ˈkwɑː/ emulating French
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• rhymes with -ɑː
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Borrowed from French je ne sais quoi (literally “I don't know what”).

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ek weet nie wat nie — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Catalan: no-sé-què — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Czech: bůhvíco — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Czech: kdovíco — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Czech: cosi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Dutch: ik-weet-niet-wat — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Dutch: je ne sais quoi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Finnish: se jokin — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Finnish: en-tiedä-mikä — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• French: je ne sais quoi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• French: je-ne-sais-quoi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• French: Dieu sait quoi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• French: on ne sait quoi — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Galician: aquel — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• German: gewisse Etwas — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Greek: πώς να το πω (pós na to po) — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Greek: πώς να σου το πω (pós na sou to po) — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Italian: non so che — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Portuguese: não-sei-quê — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Portuguese: não-sei-o-quê — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Russian: э́такое (étakoje) — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive
• Spanish: no sé qué — indefinable quality that makes something distinctive