tout
/tu/
tout is the French verb meaning to flaunt, publicize, boast, brag about or promote.
As a verb, tout means to promote or boast about something. When dealing with countable nouns, use tous or toutes les to mean 'all'. For example, toutes les femmes means 'all the women'. In negative sentences, you can use ne…pas tout to express 'not everything' or 'not everyone'. If you want to say 'that's all' or 'that's it', use the expression C'est tout. To refer to 'the whole' or 'the entirety' in a more formal way, you can use the nouns L'ensemble or La totalité.
Meaning: To flaunt, publicize/publicise, boast or brag about, promote (verb)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
Use tous or toutes les when referring to countable nouns. For the concept of 'the whole' or 'the entirety', the feminine noun La totalité and the noun L'ensemble are available for formal use.
How do you pronounce it?
/tu/
Did you know?
- When used as an adverb to mean 'completely' or 'very', tout sometimes agrees in gender and number with the adjective it modifies, despite adverbs usually being invariable.
- Although tout and tous sound the same in many contexts, the 's' in tous is explicitly pronounced when it functions as a pronoun meaning 'everyone'.
- The expression tout à coup uses tout to mean 'all' but translates to the English phrase 'suddenly'.
Examples in context
- Tout le mondeEveryone
- Tout est prêtEverything is ready
- L'ensemble du groupeThe whole group
- L'ensemble de la collectionThe entirety of the collection
- La totalité des bénéficesThe entirety of the profits
- La totalité de la sommeThe whole amount
- Tous les amis sont làAll the friends are here
- Tous les joursEvery day
- Tout le monde est invité à la fêteEveryone is invited to the party
- Il n'a pas tout comprisHe didn't understand everything
- Nous ne sommes pas tous làWe are not all here
- Tous les enfantsAll the children
- Toute la musiqueAll the music
Example conversation
Léa and Nathan are talking about a mutual friend.
- LéaMarc adore tout sa nouvelle voiture.Marc loves to show off his new car.
- NathanOui, il en parle tout le temps.Yes, he talks about it all the time.
- LéaIl veut tout son succès à tout le monde.He wants to publicize his success to everyone.
- NathanC'est un peu fatigant, Nathan.It's a bit tiring, Nathan.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry tout, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
