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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French n’est-ce pas ? (“isn't it?”).
Pronunciation
Phrase
n'est-ce pas
- (chiefly humorous) Used to form tag questions.
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
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French
Etymology
Literally, “is it not?”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n‿ɛs pa/, /n‿ɛs pɑ/
Phrase
n’est-ce pas
- Used as an expression of affirmation after a statement, often translated into English as a tag question.
- Bizarre, n’est-ce pas ? ― Strange, isn't it?
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