French word

monde

Pronunciation

IPA/mɔ̃d/

Meaning

  • masculine nounpeople

Example

Il y a beaucoup de monde ici.

There are many people here.

Illustration for monde (people)

More examples

Tout le monde était là pour la fête.

Everybody was there for the party.

Core concept

A shared human presence filling or connected to a particular place or situation.

Common phrases

  • beaucoup de monde

    lots of people

  • plein de monde

    full of people

Similar words

gens: Common people who are present in a particular place.
personnes: People referred to when stating a specific number.
foule: A dense gathering of many people.
public: An audience watching or listening at an event.

Definition in French

Ensemble de personnes présentes ou concernées dans un lieu ou une situation.

Word origin

French monde comes from Latin mundus, meaning "world", and its sense "people" developed through the idea of the people who make up the world.

Usage tips

  • In Il y a beaucoup de monde, monde is a singular mass noun, so the phrase describes a crowd without giving an exact number.

Other meanings

  • worldnoun
  • crowdnoun
  • societynoun

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