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In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
uit het niets
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Dutch:
als een donderslag bij heldere hemel
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Finnish:
kuin tyhjästä
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Finnish:
puun takaa
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Finnish:
puskista
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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French:
de nulle part
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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German:
aus heiterem Himmel
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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German:
aus dem Nichts
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Hungarian:
a semmiből
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Italian:
dal nulla
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Italian:
come un fulmine a ciel sereno
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Italian:
all'improvviso
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Italian:
inaspettatamente
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Norwegian:
ingensteds fra
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Old English:
nāhwanon
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Polish:
znikąd
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Portuguese:
do nada
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Portuguese:
da cartola
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Russian:
отку́да ни возьми́сь
(otkúda ni vozʹmísʹ)
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Spanish:
de la nada
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Turkish:
bir anda
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
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Turkish:
durduk yere
— unexpectedly or inexplicably
