n'est-ce pas
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French
Pronunciation [edit]
Phrase [edit]
n'est-ce pas
- Used to form tag questions.
- 1935, Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River, page 763:
- I know him well, we artists have the common touch, n'est-ce pas?
- 2003, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, The Adolescent, translation of original by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, published 1875, page 527:
- It is just a little quarrel of two most worthy women, n'est-ce pas
- 1935, Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River, page 763:
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Literally, "is it not?"
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /n‿ɛs pa/
Phrase [edit]
- used as an expression of affirmation after a statement, often translated into English as a tag question
