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tout le monde

American  
[too luh mawnd] / tu lə ˈmɔ̃d /

pronoun

French.
  1. the whole world; everyone; everybody.


tout le monde British  
/ tu lə mɔ̃d /

noun

  1. all the world; everyone

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By the grand finale, when tout le monde is waving the French tricolor in victory, you may instead be raising the white flag in exhausted defeat.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2012

France Frederic Martel Mainstream, Enquête sur cette culture qui plaît à tout le monde ledoubleg   Non-fiction.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

France   Mainstream, Enquête sur cette culture qui plaît à tout le monde France Emile Zola Rougon-Maquart series EasternRose various: Vizitelly to Nelson He's so topical!

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

A grey-suited official visibly panicked as the mob surged up, and his voice rose from a murmur to a scream: "Mesdames, messieurs, du calme, du calme, calmez-vous, tout le monde, CALMEZ-VOUS!"

From The Guardian • May 18, 2010

“Paris renferme beaucoup de palais; mais le vrai palais de Paris, le vrai palais de la France, tout le monde l’a nommé,—c’est le Louvre.”

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)