All (en. All)

/ol/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

Refers to all members or parts of a whole.

All the children from the school are present.

Tous les enfants de l'école sont présents.

Indicates totality without exception.

This is a problem that concerns everyone.

C'est un problème qui concerne tout le monde.

From the Latin 'totus' meaning 'whole'.

all of a sudden

At once, suddenly.

tout d'un coup

all or nothing

Either the whole structure or nothing at all.

tout ou rien

every day

Each day.

tous les jours

all

The feminine plural of 'all'.

toutes

each

Indicates an individual element of a group.

chaque

Everyone in an informal context.

Are you coming with everyone to the party?

Tu viens avec tout le monde à la fête ?

The whole or entirety of something.

He took everything: even what wasn’t his.

Il a pris tout : même ce qui n'était pas à lui.