OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36119

je ne sais quoi

/ˌʒə nə seɪ ˈkwɑː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
no sé qué
An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
"Say, you others, I find that the Englishman has something of truly distinguished in the voice, something of sympathetic, of touching—something of je ne sais quoi!" Bouchardy: "Yes…
She has a certain je ne sais quoi about her.
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