tout

/tu/
all, every; very

Ils sont tous venus.

They all came.


general

Adjective meaning all or every, agreeing in gender and number: tout, toute, tous, toutes.

Ils sont tous venus.

They all came.

Toute la classe écoute.

The whole class is listening.

Agreement is the main difficulty: memorize the four forms.

general

Adverb meaning very or completely, invariable except before feminine adjectives starting with a consonant.

Elle est tout étonnée.

She is quite amazed.

Tout petite vs toute petite: the adverb agrees only in that specific case.

general

Pronoun meaning everything or all.

Tout est prêt.

Everything is ready.

Tout (everything) vs tous (everyone): tout est fini, ils sont tous là.

Collocations

tous les joursevery daytout le mondeeveryonetout à faitabsolutely

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Word Origin

From Latin totus (whole, all).

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