monde

[ mawnd ]

/ mɔ̃d /

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the world; people; society.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Le Monde points to the recent creepy clowns in Wasco, California, and the fourth season of “American Horror Story.”
French Freak-Out Over Creepy Clowns|Tracy McNicoll|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I press the detonator and I am the only one responsible,” Trierweiler writes of the tweet, as excerpted Wednesday in Le Monde.
Hollande's Jilted Lover Valerie Trierweiler Tells All|Tracy McNicoll|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Le Monde once called his résumé "so impeccable that it's almost discouraging."
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At Le Monde Hotel in central Edinburgh this week, she was still captivating at the age of 66.
Anne Archer: Women in Hollywood Are Doomed Forever|Nico Hines|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Le Monde praised the “Nutella-Communist” alliance for saving the country.
How Nutella Conquered America|Emily Shire|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
L'adieu et le deuil se clost par l'occision des chiens ce que le mourant ait des avants-coureurs en l'autre monde.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
At least this is as far as my observation of him goes on the few occasions I have seen him in the beau monde.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
They surround themselves with the atmosphere of the demi-monde and forget that a wrinkle is as fatal as a chaperon.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Ennui is a word one hears constantly; if it rains toute le monde est triste.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Her color was unusually high, and had she been any but a lady of the grande monde I should have said that she was flustered.
Mrs. Raffles|John Kendrick Bangs