English Explanatory Dictionary

I don't know

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond.
  2. Used to indicate that one is speculating (often used sarcastically when stating the obvious).
  3. Used to express exasperation or incredulity about a given situation or person.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, don't, know.

Pronunciation

[ɑ̈ɪ̯(ɾ)oʊ̯̃(ʔ)(t̚)noʊ̯] en-us-I don't know.ogg En-uk-I don't know.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wreaderick-I don't know (tonal, nasalized).wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wreaderick-I don't know (tonal, hummed).wav

Word forms

I don't know

Antonyms

I know

Related words

what do I know

Derived words

dunno iunno

Translations

Abkhaz: исыздырӡом Afrikaans: ek weet nie Ainu: ㇰエラㇺぺゥテㇰ Albanian: nuk e di Albanian: s'e di Alutiiq: nalluwaqa Ambonese Malay: beta seng tau Arabic: لَا أَعْلَمُ Arabic: لَا أَعْرِف Arabic: لَسْتُ أَدْرِي Arabic: لَا أَدْرِي Arabic: أنا مش عارف Arabic: أنا مش عارفة Arabic: مش عارف Arabic: مش عارفة Arabic: ما أعرف Arabic: ما أدري Arabic: ما بعرفش Armenian: չգիտեմ Armenian: չեմ գիտեր Assamese: মই নাজানোঁ Assamese: নাজানোঁ Assamese: মই নেজানোঁ Assamese: নেজানোঁ Asturian: nun sé Azerbaijani: bilmirəm Basque: ez dakit Belarusian: я не ве́даю Belarusian: я не зна́ю Belarusian: я ня ве́даю Belarusian: я ня зна́ю Bengali: আমি জানি না Bengali: জানি না Central Bikol: inda Central Bikol: dai ko aram Bulgarian: не знам Burmese: မသိဘူး Burmese: မသိပါဘူး Catalan: no ho sé Cebuano: wala ko kabalo Cebuano: wala ko kahibalo Cebuano: ambot Cebuano: balo lang Chechen: суна ца хаьа Cherokee: ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ Cherokee: ᏝᏯᏆᏂᏔ Chichewa: sindidziwa Chinese Cantonese: 我唔知 Chinese Cantonese: 我唔知道 Chinese Cantonese: 我唔識 /我唔识 Chinese: 我毋知 Chinese: 我毋知影 Chinese Mandarin: 我不知道 Wu Chinese: 我勿曉得 /我勿晓得 Choctaw: ak ikháno Chuvash: пӗлместӗп Coeur d'Alene: lut he'ytsmeysn Ngazidja Comorian: ntsudjua Crimean Tatar: bilmeyim Czech: nevím Czech: já nevím Danish: jeg ved det ikke Danish: jeg ved ikke Dutch: ik weet het niet Dutch: ik weenie Dutch: weet ik veel Esperanto: mi ne scias Estonian: ma ei tea Faroese: eg veit ikki Finnish: en tiedä Finnish: emmä tiiä French: je ne sais pas French: je sais pas Galician: non sei Galician: nom sei
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