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Level A2 (Upper Beginner)
The French Word of the Day is monde. It means world and is used in many common expressions, including the everyday phrase tout le monde (everybody).
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📘 Monde meaning
Monde is a masculine French noun meaning world or Earth. By extension it can also mean “society” (le monde moderne) or a specific sphere like le monde de la mode (the fashion world). It also appears in common expressions such as tout le monde (everybody).
🎧 Monde pronunciation
Le monde is pronounced /lə mɔ̃d/. The “on” is a nasal sound, like ong but without closing the lips, and the final -e is silent. The -d is pronounced softly at the end.
📝 French and English examples
Le monde – world
1. The world / planet / Earth
Beaucoup de pays dans le monde parlent français.
Many countries in the world speak French.
2. All over the world / the entire Earth
J’aimerais voyager dans le monde entier.
I would like to travel all over the world.
3. Expression: tout le monde = everybody
Tout le monde aime Jacques, il est très gentil.
Everybody likes Jacques; he is very kind.
4. Beaucoup de monde = a lot of people
Il y a beaucoup de monde sur la plage.
There are a lot of people on the beach.
5. Industry / field of work
Elle rêve de travailler dans le monde de la mode.
She dreams of working in the fashion world.
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🔗 Related words and expressions
- tout le monde — everybody
- beaucoup de monde — a lot of people
- à travers le monde — around the world, throughout the world
- au bout du monde — at the ends of the earth / very far away
- aux quatre coins du monde — all over the world
- le monde est petit ! — small world!
- pour rien au monde — not for anything in the world
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