French Conversation · Level 52
75 words
French word
toute
Pronunciation
IPA/tut/
Meaning
- adjectivewhole
Example
J'ai mangé toute la tarte.
I ate the whole pie.
More examples
Nous avons nettoyé toute la maison avant l'arrivée des invités.
We cleaned the whole house before the guests arrived.
Core concept
The full extent of a single feminine thing, from its first part to its last.
Common phrases
toute la maison
the whole house
toute la semaine
the whole week
toute la vérité
the whole truth
Similar words
tout: Indicates all of, or the whole of, something described by a masculine noun.
Definition in French
Forme féminine singulière de tout, employée comme déterminant ou adjectif pour marquer la totalité d'un nom féminin.
Word origin
French inherited tout from Latin totus through Old French and formed toute by marking feminine singular agreement.
Usage tips
- Toute agrees with the noun it qualifies, so feminine singular nouns take toute rather than tout, tous, or toutes.
Opposites
- partielpartialadjective
- limitélimitedadjective