unknown

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• UK: /ʌn(ˈn)əʊn/
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• US: ŭn-nōnʹ
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• US: /ʌnˈnoʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 N N OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: panjohur — not known
• Arabic: مَجْهُول (majhūl) — not known
• Arabic: مُبْهَم (mubham) — not known
• Armenian: անհայտ (anhayt) — not known
• Asturian: desconocíu — not known
• Azerbaijani: məchul — not known
• Azerbaijani: naməlum — not known
• Azerbaijani: bilinməyən — not known
• Belarusian: невядо́мы (njevjadómy) — not known
• Belarusian: незнаёмы (njeznajómy) — not known
• Bulgarian: неизве́стен (neizvésten) — not known
• Bulgarian: незна́ен (neznáen) — not known
• Catalan: desconegut — not known
• Chinese Mandarin: 未知 (wèizhī) — not known
• Chinese Mandarin: 不明 (bùmíng) — not known
• Chukchi: гэвэты ваԓьын (gėvėty vaḷʹyn) — not known
• Czech: neznámý — not known
• Danish: ubekendt — not known
• Danish: ukendt — not known
• Dutch: onbekend — not known
• Dutch: ongekend — not known
• Dutch: ongeweten — not known
• Esperanto: nekonata — not known
• Estonian: tundmatu — not known
• Finnish: tuntematon — not known
• French: inconnu — not known
• Galician: descoñecido — not known
• Georgian: უცნობი (ucnobi) — not known
• German: unbekannt — not known
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (unkunþs) — not known
• Greek: άγνωστος (ágnostos) — not known
• Ancient Greek: ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos) — not known
• Ancient Greek: ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos) — not known
• Hebrew: לא נודע — not known
• Hindi: अनजान (anjān) — not known
• Hindi: अनजाना (anjānā) — not known
• Hindi: अजाना (ajānā) — not known
• Hindi: अख्यात (akhyāt) — not known
• Hindi: अज्ञात (ajñāt) — not known
• Hindi: नामालूम (nāmālūm) — not known
• Hindi: मजहूल (majhūl) — not known
• Hungarian: ismeretlen — not known
• Icelandic: óþekktur — not known
• Icelandic: ókunnur — not known
• Indonesian: tak diketahui — not known
• Ingrian: tiitämätöin — not known
• Italian: ignoto — not known
• Italian: sconosciuto — not known
• Japanese: 未知の (michi no) — not known
• Japanese: 無名な (mumei na) — not known
• Japanese: 不明な (fumei na) — not known
• Kazakh: белгісіз (belgısız) — not known
• Kazakh: беймәлім (beimälım) — not known
• Kazakh: мәлімсіз (mälımsız) — not known
• Korean: 미지(未知)의 (miji-ui) — not known
• Korean: 무명(無名)의 (mumyeong-ui) — not known
• Korean: 불명(不明)의 (bulmyeong-ui) — not known
• Central Kurdish: نەناسراو (nenasraw) — not known
• Kyrgyz: белгисиз (belgisiz) — not known
• Latin: incognitus — not known
• Latin: ignoratus — not known
• Latin: ignotus — not known
• Latin: nescitus — not known
• Latin: obscurus — not known
• Latvian: nepazīstams — not known
• Latvian: svešs — not known
• Lithuanian: nežinomas — not known
• Macedonian: непознат (nepoznat) — not known
• Norwegian Bokmål: ukjent — not known
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ukjent — not known
• Occitan: desconegut — not known
• Persian: مجهول (majhul) — not known
• Plautdietsch: onbekaunt — not known
• Polish: nieznany — not known
• Polish: nieznajomy — not known
• Polish: niewiadomy — not known
• Portuguese: desconhecido — not known
• Romanian: necunoscut — not known
• Romanian: neștiut — not known
• Romanian: obscur — not known
• Russian: неизве́стный (neizvéstnyj) — not known
• Russian: незнако́мый (neznakómyj) — not known
• Russian: неве́домый (nevédomyj) — not known
• Sanskrit: अज्ञात (ajñāta) — not known
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏познат — not known
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅpoznat — not known
• Sicilian: scanusciutu — not known
• Slovak: neznámy — not known
• Slovene: neznan — not known
• Slovene: nepoznan — not known
• Spanish: ignoto — not known
• Spanish: desconocido — not known
• Swedish: okänd — not known
• Tajik: номаълум (noma'lum) — not known
• Tajik: ношинос (nošinos) — not known
• Tajik: маҷҳул (majhul) — not known
• Turkish: bilinmeyen — not known
• Turkish: bilinmez — not known
• Turkish: meçhul — not known
• Ottoman Turkish: بللیسز (bellisiz) — not known
• Ukrainian: невідо́мий (nevidómyj) — not known
• Ukrainian: незна́ний (neznányj) — not known
• Ukrainian: незнайо́мий (neznajómyj) — not known
• Uzbek: nomaʼlum — not known
• Uzbek: majhul — not known
• Vietnamese: không biết — not known
• Welsh: anhysbys — not known
• Zazaki: nêzanıyen — not known
• Zazaki: mechul — not known
• Zazaki: nêzanıyaye — not known
• Arabic: مُتَغَيِّر (mutaḡayyir) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Armenian: անհայտ (anhayt) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Bulgarian: неизвестно (neizvestno) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Catalan: incògnita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Chinese Mandarin: 未知數 /未知数 (wèizhīshù) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Czech: neznámá — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Estonian: tundmatu — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Finnish: tuntematon — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• French: inconnue — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Galician: incógnita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• German: Unbekannte — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Greek: άγνωστος (ágnostos) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Hungarian: ismeretlen — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Icelandic: óþekkt stærð — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Japanese: 未知 (michi) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Japanese: 未知数 (michisū) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incognitus — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incogniti — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incognita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incognitae — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incognitum — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latin: incognita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Latvian: nezināmais — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Lithuanian: nežinomasis — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Macedonian: непозната (nepoznata) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Norwegian Bokmål: ukjent — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Polish: niewiadoma — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Portuguese: incógnita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Romanian: necunoscută — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Serbo-Croatian: непозната — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Serbo-Croatian: nepoznata — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Spanish: incógnita — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Turkish: değişken — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Ukrainian: невідома (nevidoma) — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Welsh: anhysbysyn — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Zazaki: vurnaynoğ — algebra: a variable whose value is to be found
• Arabic: غَامِض (ḡāmiḍ) — fact or place
• Arabic: غَوَامِض (ḡawāmiḍ) — fact or place
• Finnish: tuntematon — fact or place
• French: inconnu — fact or place
• Galician: descoñecido — fact or place
• Hungarian: ismeretlen — fact or place
• Portuguese: desconhecido — fact or place
• Spanish: desconocido — fact or place
• Arabic: مَجْهُول (majhūl) — person of no identity
• Arabic: مُبْهَم (mubham) — person of no identity
• Chinese Mandarin: 無名氏 /无名氏 (wúmíngshì) — person of no identity
• Galician: descoñecido — person of no identity
• Galician: descoñecida — person of no identity
• German: Unbekannter — person of no identity
• Hungarian: idegen — person of no identity
• Italian: carneade — person of no identity
• Japanese: 名無し (nanashi) — person of no identity
• Portuguese: desconhecido — person of no identity
• Swedish: okänd — person of no identity