tout

English

WOTD - 22 January 2009    

Pronunciation

• IPA: /taʊt/, SAMPA: /taUt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

Wikipedia tout (plural touts)

1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Synonyms

• barker
• pitchman
• spruiker

Derived terms

• ticket tout

Translations

someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way

French: racoleur (fr) m., vendeur ambulant (fr) m., rabatteur (fr) m., pronostiqueur (fr) m.

Indonesian: calo (id) Swedish: biljettförsäljare (illegal) (sv), kundvärvare (sv)

Verb

tout (third-person singular simple present touts, present participle touting, simple past and past participle touted)

1. (transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.

   They are touting their PowerSpheres, but I don't know how well those really work.

Synonyms

• pimp
• pitch
• promote
• spruik

Translations

To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote

Finnish: kehua (fi), ylistää (fi), mainostaa (fi) French: racoler (fr) Indonesian: menawari, menawarkan, membujuk Italian: pubblicizzare (it), propagandare (it)

Romanian: racola (ro) Russian: навязывать, расхваливать Spanish: presumir (es) Swedish: pracka (på ngn en vara) (sv) Vietnamese: công bố (vi)

See also

• tout court

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French

Etymology

Old French tot. Compare Catalan tot, Italian tutto, Portuguese todo, Romanian tot, Spanish todo.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• SAMPA: /tu/
• IPA: /tu/

Adjective

tout m. (f. toute, m. plural touts, f. plural toutes)

1. all

Adverb

tout

1. all

Pronoun

tout

1. everything

Derived terms

• tout le monde

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tout (“all”)

Adjective

tout

1. all

Adverb

tout

1. all