Tout Vs Tous: How To Use Them And Their Variations | Language Atlas (2023)

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How do you use tout and tous? ›

“Tous” is an indefinite pronoun, it replaces a bunch a people and it's pronounced “toos“. Ils sont tout contents d'être ici – they are extremely happy to be here. “Tout” is an adverb, it modifies the adjective “contents” and it's pronounced “too”.

As you might guess, the word tout is masculine and singular. That means it is used when it modifies masculine, singular words. Consequently, tout becomes tous when modifying masculine plural forms, and toute and toutes modify feminine singular and feminine plural forms, respectively.

As a pronoun, tout means all, everything, or everyone. It only has 3 different forms: tout, tous, and toutes.

Now, this changes when tout is used alongside masculine plural words, then it becomes tous. On the other hand, when it's being used to modify a feminine singular word, tout becomes toute , and while in plural form it becomes toutes.

(colloquial) Immediately, right away. If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!

Used as a pronoun, « tous » is pronounced « tooss », with pronouncing the final “s” sound. In summary, you only pronounce the “s” when “tous” is a pronoun so when it replaces someone or something.

NE… RIEN or RIEN NE (nothing or anything). The opposite is quelque chose (something) or tout (everything). « Non, rien de rien, non, je ne regrette rien.

: starch from rootstocks of the edible canna often sold as arrowroot and used especially in the preparation of foods for infants.

Timely French Expression

Meanings. just now, a moment ago. in a moment, right away. Literally.

What is the plural of tout? ›

tout (feminine toute, masculine plural tous, feminine plural toutes)

Tout/tous/toute/toutes = Everything/all (of them)/whole/completely in French.

laud, praise, proclaim, promote, publicize, trumpet, acclaim, ballyhoo, boost, herald, plug, push, steer, tip, tip off.

right away [adverb] immediately; at once. I'll do it right away. straight away [adverb] immediately.

A tout' In an informal context, you can use a shorter-expression à tout'. This is a common expression used in spoken French today. The ' at the end of tout' is to reflect the way that this word is pronounced when speaking French.

Toot sweet means right now, right away, immediately. The term toot sweet arose during the First World War, when American soldiers were sent overseas to mingle with foreign allies for the first time. Toot sweet is a mangled version of the French phrase, tout de suite, which means immediately or right away.

We don't pronounce the s in tous when it is followed by a noun. In this case, tous means 'every', 'each' or 'all the'. Learn more about French grammar with us.

The fact is "chaque" and "tous les" are completely interchangeable in French when it comes to express the notion of "every". However, to be absolutely precise, "chaque" is indeed the grammatical equivalent of "each", and "tous les" of "every".

In most words, “S” is pronounced like a hard /s/ sound, as in the English word “song.” However, it's pronounced like a /z/ sound, as in the English word “zebra,” when placed between two vowels.

The best place to start when trying to figure out the gender of a French word is by looking at the ending of the word. Words that use the articles le or un are going to be masculine, and words that use the articles la or une are feminine.

What are the 2 differences between tu and vous? ›

“Tu” is only used to address one person, while “vous” is used to address one or more people. As a singular second person pronoun, “vous” is used in more formal contexts while “tu” is more familiar.

French demonstrative adjectives make no distinction between "this" and "that" – ce, cet, and cette can each mean either one. Likewise, ces can mean "these" or "those." When you need to make the distinction, you can attach a suffix to the noun: –ci = "this" or "these" –là = "that" or "those"

Just add “s” to the noun (and change the article)

Generally, the plural of French nouns and adjectives is formed by simply adding an “s” at the end. Just like in English! The definite articles le, la and l' (the) become les (the) in the plural. The indefinite articles un and une (a) become des (some) in the plural.

Plural noun rules

The correct spelling of plurals usually depends on what letter the singular noun ends in. 1 To make regular nouns plural, add –s to the end. 2 If the singular noun ends in –s, –ss, –sh, –ch, –x, or –z, add -es to the end to make it plural.

Adjectives describe a noun and all French adjectives agree with the noun in gender and number. The general rule is that for feminine nouns, add -e, for masculine plural nouns, add -s, and for feminine plural nouns, add -es.

The word touting or “tout” has a negative connotation. It almost always, in today's parlance, means a hard, aggressive selling style coupled with exaggerated and even false claims.

Word forms: maigre, FEM maigre. adjective. 1. skinny.

To tout means to praise, boast, or brag about. If you like to tout your skill as a skier, you tell people you can go down expert-level hills. Sometimes parents will get into bragging wars about their children, each touting the accomplishments of his or her child.

: all the world : everybody.

Headquartered in the city of Manresa, the province of Barcelona, Spain, TOUS is a world-famous brand that specializes primarily in high-class jewelry, but also offers a delectable slice of stylish, exclusive watches, chic handbags and a wide array of top-quality accessories.

What does bonbon mean in Italian? ›

cioccolatino {m} bonbon (also: choc, chocolate, chocolate drop)

à tout à l'heure : see you later, in a bit.

File:Hicks Family crest 'Tout en bon Heure' (translation 'All in good time').

In French, tête-à-tête literally means "head to head." Definitions of tete-a-tete. a private conversation between two people. types: pillow talk. intimate conversation between lovers (typically occurring in bed)

Verb The company is running advertisements touting the drug's effectiveness. The company's stock is being touted by many financial advisers. People were touting tickets outside the stadium. People were touting outside the stadium.

The expression tout le monde is used in French to refer to everyone/everybody. This expression is always singular.

The plural pronouns, tous and toutes, mean "all" or "everyone": Par exemple… Je vous aime tous. I love all of you.

In Ireland, a tout is an informant, a term which includes supergrass.

Noun. The noise of a horn or whistle. He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention. (by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.

What does it mean by tout? ›

tout verb (MAKE KNOWN)

[ T ] to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something: The Congressman has been touting these ideas for some time. He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party.

Also called: ticket tout. a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices.

Verb The company is running advertisements touting the drug's effectiveness. The company's stock is being touted by many financial advisers. People were touting tickets outside the stadium. People were touting outside the stadium.

French phrase

à bien·​tôt ä-byaⁿ-tō : see you soon.

French (tut a fɛ ) adverb. completely; absolutely.

A tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor or barker in American English, or a spruiker in Australian English).

all at the time. Register. normal. Pronunciation. [too tah leur]

Adverb. tout à coup. all of a sudden, out of the blue.

ça (ne) va pas du tout : things aren't going well at all; that's no good at allaller, présent.