Meaning

1 senses
  1. (postpositional, sometimes)Not known; unidentified; not well known.

    The concept has existed since times unknown.

    unbekannt

    неизве́стныйneizvéstnyj, незнако́мыйneznakómyj, неве́домыйnevédomyj

    невідо́мийnevidómyj, незна́нийneznányj, незнайо́мийneznajómyj

    not known

Examples

291 sentences
  1. The cause of the fire was unknown.

    Причина пожежі була невідома. — aandrusiak

    ruПричина пожара была неизвестной. — FeuDRenais

    deDie Ursache des Brandes war unbekannt. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The cause of the fire is unknown.

    Причина пожежі невідома. — deniko

  3. The exact cause is unknown.

    Точна причина невідома. — deniko

    ruТочная причина неизвестна. — marafon

  4. The meaning is unknown to me.

    deDiese Bedeutung ist mir unbekannt. — riotlake

  5. Where Tom did that is unknown.

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown

From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.

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