Meaning & use
je ne sais quoi
An appealing quality that is hard to identify or describe in words.
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The restaurant has a certain je ne sais quoi that keeps customers coming back.
Her performance had a je ne sais quoi that captivated the entire audience.
A note on using this word
French for 'I don't know what'; 'gene se qua' is a phonetic misspelling of this borrowed phrase.
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