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monde

[ mawnd ]

/ mɔ̃d /

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noun French.

the world; people; society.

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Examples from the Web for monde

Saint Laurent is indeed considered heroic in the fashion world—in France, he is a national icon well beyond the monde de la mode.
The Making of Fashion Legend Yves Saint Laurent|Sarah Moroz|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You want to affiliate with her, to be one of her set, her surroundings, her monde.
The Adventures of a Widow|Edgar Fawcett
He addressed them to me in the form of a letter, which has been published in the Monde Illustre.
Acrobats and Mountebanks|Hugues Le Roux
L'idée est la mère du fait, elle façonne graduellement le monde à son image.
A Lecture on the Study of History|Lord Acton

Il me faut du nouveau, n'en ft-il point au 35 monde—I must have something new, even were there none in the world.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Moun, or moune, Creole form of French monde, is generally used to signify people in general—folks—not the world.
"Gombo Zhbes"|Lafcadio Hearn