Sentence examples of "inconnue" in French with translation "unknown"

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La variole était inconnue des Amérindiens. Smallpox was unknown to Native Americans.
La cause de l'accident est inconnue. The cause of the accident is unknown.
L'origine de l'incendie est inconnue. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Actuellement, la cause de la maladie reste inconnue. At present, the cause of the disease is unknown.
Une erreur connue est meilleure qu'une vérité inconnue. A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
Tom et Mary recherchaient la phrase inconnue et se demandaient qui en était l'auteur. Tom and Mary were looking for the unknown sentence and were wondering who was its author.
Ces choses sont souvent inconnues du monde. These things are often unknown to the world.
De nombreux grands penseurs qui étaient inconnus de leur vivant, acquirent la renommée après leur mort. Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.
Bien que la plupart des îles de l'océan aient été cartographiées, les fonds océaniques sont généralement inconnus. Although most islands in the ocean have been mapped, the ocean floor is generally unknown.
Il y a des certitudes connues ; il y a des choses que nous savons savoir. Nous savons aussi qu'il y a des ignorances connues ; c'est-à-dire que nous savons qu'il y a des choses que nous ignorons. Mais il y a aussi des ignorances inconnues - celles dont nous ignorons que nous les ignorons. There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
Il y a des certitudes connues ; il y a des choses que nous savons que nous savons. Nous savons aussi qu'il y a des incertitudes connues ; c'est-à-dire que nous savons qu'il y a des choses que nous ignorons. Mais il y a aussi des incertitudes inconnues - celles dont nous ne savons pas que nous les ignorons. There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
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