je ne sais quoi

I don't know what; something or other

→ je

phrase Rare #42,510

I don't know what; something or other Used when referring vaguely to something unknown, unspecified, or unimportant. It can also describe an indefinable quality, as in avoir un je ne sais quoi de spécial.

FR: Il a toujours un je ne sais quoi qui attire l’attention.

EN: He always has an indefinable something that attracts attention.

Il est juste là en train d'aboyer je ne sais quoi !

He’s just standing there barking something or other!

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Ils ont dû l'échanger ou la vendre pour de l'or ou je ne sais quoi.

They must have traded it or sold it for gold or something, I don't know.

— The Dead Don't Die (2019)