Phrase guide

no comment

phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

An official refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that the culprit might be a flight risk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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phrase

Meaning 2

A refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, sarcastic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لا تعليق — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無可奉告 /无可奉告 (wúkě fènggào) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不予置評 /不予置评 (bù yǔ zhìpíng) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Czech: bez komentáře — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Finnish: en kommentoi — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • French: sans commentaire — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • German: kein Kommentar — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Italian: no comment — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Japanese: ノーコメント (nōkomento) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Japanese: 何も言うことはありません (nani mo iu koto wa arimasen) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Korean: 노코멘트 (nokomenteu) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ingen kommentar — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Polish: bez komentarza — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Portuguese: sem comentários — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Russian: без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev) — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Spanish: sin comentarios — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Swedish: inga kommentarer — "official" refusal to relay any further information
  • Arabic: لا تعليق — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan) — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Finnish: en kommentoi — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • French: sans commentaire — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • French: no comment — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • German: kein Kommentar — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Italian: no comment — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Polish: bez komentarza — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Portuguese: sem comentários — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Russian: без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev) — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Russian: коммента́рии изли́шни (kommentárii izlíšni) — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
  • Vietnamese: miễn bàn — refusal to say the obvious impolite retort