Toute (en. All)

/tut/

Meaning & Definition

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adjective

Used to designate something in its entirety.

The whole class is present.

Toute la classe est présente.

Means 'each part of a whole'.

She read all year long.

Elle a lu toute l'année.

Used to express a general concept.

Any help is appreciated.

Toute aide est appréciée.

Comes from the Latin 'totus', which means 'whole' or 'entire'.

all day long

indicates a complete duration of 24 hours.

toute la journée

every measure

all possible precautions.

toute mesure

all or nothing

situations where there is no compromise.

tout ou rien

all

Another adjective meaning 'the whole'.

tout

all (masculine plural)

Used to talk about a complete group of people or objects.

tous

Used in an informal context to mean 'totally'.

I am all excited for this concert!

Je suis toute excitée pour ce concert !

Can also mean 'to listen' in youth slang.

Did you see, she is all in on her new project.

T'as vu, elle est toute à fond sur son nouveau projet.