tout le monde

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French tout le monde.

Pronoun[edit]

tout le monde

  1. everyone, everybody
    • 1991 November 20, Chicago Tribune:
      And when the aura of sports reaches the stratospheric level of a Michael Jordan, tout le monde takes notice.
    • 2001 February 4, Star Tribune:
      What's the sample here - a dozen people, a thousand, a million, tout le monde?
    • 2005 August 29, New York Observer:
      Tout le monde is now saying these particular trans fats are so completely and utterly heinous for our tickers and arteries that lard is starting to look good again.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tout (all) +‎ le (the) +‎ monde (people; world). Literally, all the world.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tu lə mɔ̃d/, /tu‿l mɔ̃d/
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Pronoun[edit]

tout le monde m

  1. everyone, everybody
    Tout le monde est arrivé.
    Everyone has arrived.

Usage notes[edit]

To express "the whole world" where world refers to the Earth, one says le monde entier.