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au milieu de nulle part

French, adverb/o mi.ljø d(ə) nyl paʁ/

au milieu de nulle part is a French adverb meaning “in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans un endroit où il n’y a vraiment rien d’intéressant”.

What does au milieu de nulle part mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    derogatoryinformalin the sticks, in the middle of nowhere

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

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Dans un endroit où il n’y a vraiment rien d’intéressant.

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 milieu de nulle part?

  • /o mi.ljø d(ə) nyl paʁ/
  • \o mi.ljø də nyl paʁ\

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