adverb · common

ne

NotNot.

/nə/

» She has a certain je ne sais quoi.

Sie hat das gewisse Etwas.

У неї є якийсь таємничий шарм.

Meaning

2 senses

(not comparable)Not.
(New Zealand, not comparable)"Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).

19 sentences

She has a certain je ne sais quoi.
У неї є якийсь таємничий шарм. — deniko
deSie hat das gewisse Etwas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Hélène has just contacted me.
ruЭлен только что со мной связалась. — marafon
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I don't know what "je ne sais quoi" means.
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Her glance had a certain inexplicable je ne sais quoi.
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Foreign expressions can give speech a certain je ne sais quoi.
deFremdsprachige Ausdrücke können einer Rede das gewisse Etwas verleihen. — Waldelfe
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From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germ

From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né.

From Māori nē.

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