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sans queue ni tête

French, adjective/sɑ̃ kø ni tɛt/

sans queue ni tête is a French adjective meaning “nonsensical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas de sens, qui n’est pas logique”.

What does sans queue ni tête mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    nonsensical

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas de sens, qui n’est pas logique.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce sans queue ni tête?

  • /sɑ̃ kø ni tɛt/
  • \sɑ̃ kø ni tɛt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sans queue ni tête

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.