no comment

English

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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, 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 (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan)
• 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 (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan)
• 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/

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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 book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2009 June 5 (last accessed)

     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...