je ne sais quoi
An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractiveAn indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
» She has a certain je ne sais quoi.
Sie hat das gewisse Etwas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
У неї є якийсь таємничий шарм. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
She has a certain je ne sais quoi about her.
gewisse Etwas
э́такоеétakoje
- something indescribable
Examples
7 sentencesShe has a certain je ne sais quoi.
У неї є якийсь таємничий шарм. — deniko
deSie hat das gewisse Etwas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't know what "je ne sais quoi" means.
Her glance had a certain inexplicable je ne sais quoi.
Foreign expressions can give speech a certain je ne sais quoi.
deFremdsprachige Ausdrücke können einer Rede das gewisse Etwas verleihen. — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
I've always thought Tom had a certain je ne sais quoi.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from French je ne sais quoi (literally “I don't know what”).Borrowed from French je ne sais quoi (literally “I don't know what”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: je ne sais quoi| Singular | je ne sais quoi |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.