tous

See also: touš and toûs

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Central, Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈtows/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔws/

Adjective

tous

1. masculine plural of tou

Noun

tous m pl

1. plural of tou (“soft or fleshy part; bead (of fat); tender cut (of meat); heap (of straw); etc.”)

Noun

tous f pl

1. plural of tou (“turd; clay brick”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Alghero) IPA^(key): /ˈtows/
• Rhymes: -ows

Pronoun

tous

1. (Alghero) masculine plural of tou

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tous < Old French toz. By surface analysis, tout +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• Pronoun and adjective in liaison:
  • IPA^(key): /tuz‿/
• Pronoun otherwise:
  • IPA^(key): /tus/

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  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [tʊs]
• Adjective otherwise:
  • IPA^(key): /tu/

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Pronoun

tous m pl

1. all

   Ils étaient tous là. ― They were all there.

2. everybody

   Tous étaient là. ― Everybody was there.

Related terms

• tout

Adjective

tous

1. masculine plural of tout

   Je me brosse les dents tous les jours. ― I brush my teeth every day. (literally, “I brush my teeth all the days.”)

Usage notes

To distinguish between the pronoun and adjective pronunciations, note that the adjective /tu/ is used before a noun (tous les jours) while the pronoun /tus/ occurs in isolation (Ils sont tous venus.)

Related terms

• tout le monde

Further reading

• “tous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old Catalan

Adjective

tous

1. masculine plural of tou