un je-ne-sais-quoi : a touch or hint of something hard to define
Je ne sais quoi literally means "I don't know what". The term is sometimes used in English.
- "Quant aux taches de liquide corporel sur le papier peint moisi, elles ajoutaient un petit je-ne-sais-quoi au décor."
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