no comment

English

Interjection

(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.
(idiomatic) A refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.

Translations

"official" refusal to relay any further information

Arabic: لا تعليق‎
Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʿ meknabanutʿyan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無可奉告 (zh), 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)
Polish: bez komentarza
Portuguese: sem comentários
Russian: без коммента́риев (ru) (bez kommentárijev)
Spanish: sin comentarios

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)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English no comment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no kɔ.mɑ̃t/, /no kɔ.mɛnt/

Interjection

(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...

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