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sortir de nulle part

French, verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ də nyl paʁ/

sortir de nulle part is a French verb meaning “to come out of nowhere, to come out of the blue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apparaître d’un coup, sans qu’on n’en connaisse l’origine”.

What does sortir de nulle part mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalto come out of nowhere, to come out of the blue

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Apparaître d’un coup, sans qu’on n’en connaisse l’origine.

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 sortir de nulle part?

  • /sɔʁ.tiʁ də nyl paʁ/
  • \sɔʁ.tiʁ də nyl paʁ\

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