no comment

no comment

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Phrase

no comment

1. (idiomatic) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. [from c. 1950]

   The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that the culprit might be a flight risk.

2. (idiomatic) A refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.
   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 962368035, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:

     Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before.
     Wrex: I still don't have a window like Liara does... but maybe that's because I don't kiss as well. [laughter]
     Shepard: No comment.
     Wrex: Yeah [laughter]... I missed this place.

Translations

"official" refusal to relay any further information

Arabic: لا تعليق‎ Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʿ meknabanutʿyan) Chinese: Mandarin: 無可奉告／无可奉告 (zh) (wúkě fènggào) Czech: bez komentáře Finnish: en kommentoi French: sans commentaire German: kein Kommentar Italian: no comment (it) Japanese: ノーコメント (ja) (nōkomento), 何も言うことはありません (nani-mo iu koto-wa arimasen) Norwegian: Bokmål: ingen kommentar Polish: bez komentarza Portuguese: sem comentários Russian: без коммента́риев (ru) (bez kommentárijev) Spanish: sin comentarios Swedish: inga kommentarer pl

refusal to say the obvious impolite retort

Arabic: لا تعليق‎ Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʿ meknabanutʿyan) Finnish: en kommentoi French: sans commentaire, no comment (fr) German: kein Kommentar Italian: no comment (it) Polish: bez komentarza Portuguese: sem comentários Russian: без коммента́риев (ru) (bez kommentárijev), коммента́рии изли́шни (kommentárii izlíšni)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English no comment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no kɔ.mɑ̃t/, /no kɔ.mɛnt/

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Interjection

no comment

1. (idiomatic, ironic) no comment (a refusal to say the obvious impolite retort)
   • “Cannes : JM Barr écoeuré par l'attitude de Guillaume canet”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 2009-06-05

     Cette année il a essayé de se fondre parmi les acteurs, actrices pour les prendre en photos mais certains s'y sont opposés avec un certain dédain revendiquant comme Guillaume Canet" son droit à l'image". No comment...