whole

whole
whole [həʊl]
1. adjective
   a. ( = entire) (+ singular noun) tout, entier ; (+ plural noun) entier
• along its whole length sur toute sa longueur
• whole villages were destroyed des villages entiers ont été détruits
• the whole road was like that toute la route était comme ça
• the whole world le monde entier
• he swallowed it whole il l'a avalé en entier
• we waited a whole hour nous avons attendu une heure entière
• it rained (for) three whole days il a plu trois jours entiers
   b. ( = intact, unbroken) intact
• keep the egg yolks whole gardez les jaunes entiers
2. noun
   a. ( = the entire amount of) the whole of the morning toute la matinée
• the whole of the time tout le temps
• the whole of Paris was snowbound Paris était complètement bloqué par la neige
• the whole of Paris was talking about it dans tout Paris on parlait de ça
► on the whole dans l'ensemble
   b. ( = complete unit) tout m
• four quarters make a whole quatre quarts font un tout
• the estate is to be sold as a whole la propriété doit être vendue en bloc
3. compounds
► whole milk noun lait m entier
► whole note noun (US) ronde f
► whole number noun nombre m entier
* * *
[həʊl] 1.
noun
1) (total unit) tout m

as a whole — (not in separate parts) en entier; (overall) dans l'ensemble

taken as a whole — pris dans l'ensemble

2) (all)

the whole of — tout/-e

the whole of London is talking about it — tout Londres en parle

nearly the whole of Berlin was destroyed — Berlin a été presque entièrement détruit

2.
adjective
1) (entire) tout, entier/-ière; (more emphatic) tout entier/-ière

the most beautiful city in the whole world — la plus belle ville du monde

a whole hour — une heure entière

a whole day — toute une journée

the whole truth — toute la vérité

this doesn't give the whole picture — ceci ne dit pas tout

let's forget the whole thing! — oublions tout ça!

she made the whole thing up — elle a tout inventé

2) (emphatic use)

he looks a whole lot better — il a vraiment bien meilleure mine

there were a whole lot of them — [objects] il y en avait tout un tas (colloq); [people] il y en avait toute une bande (colloq)

a whole lot of money — un tas (colloq) d'argent

that goes for the whole lot of you! — ça s'applique à vous tous!

a whole new way of life — un mode de vie complètement différent

that's the whole point of the exercise — c'est tout l'intérêt de l'exercice

3) (intact) intact

to make somebody whole — guérir quelqu'un

3.
adverb [swallow, cook] tout entier
4.
on the whole adverbial phrase dans l'ensemble

English-French dictionary. 2013.

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