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au coin

French, adverb/o kwɛ̃/

au coin is a French adverb meaning “on the naughty step, in the corner (of a student)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does au coin mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    on the naughty step, in the corner (of a student)

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

How French dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. Injonction d'un professeur à un élève de s'infliger une punition consistant à se tenir debout contre le mur, face à un coin de la pièce.

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 au coin?

  • /o kwɛ̃/

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