whole

whole
whole [{{t}}həʊl]
1 adjective
(a) (entire, complete) (with singular nouns) entier, tout; (with plural nouns) entier;
it took me a whole day to paint the kitchen j'ai mis une journée entière ou toute une journée pour peindre la cuisine;
I didn't read the whole book je n'ai pas lu tout le livre ou le livre en entier;
I've never seen anything like it in my whole life je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille de toute ma vie;
that was the whole point of going there c'est uniquement pour ça que j'y suis allé;
she said nothing the whole time we were there elle n'a rien dit tout le temps que nous étions là;
he spent the whole time watching television il a passé tout son temps à regarder la télévision;
I never saw her the whole evening je ne l'ai pas vue de (toute) la soirée;
the whole truth toute la vérité;
the whole world was watching le monde entier regardait;
do you have to tell the whole world? est-ce que tu tiens à ce que tout le monde le sache?;
whole cities were devastated des villes entières furent dévastées;
there are two whole months still to go il reste deux mois entiers;
she won the whole lot elle a gagné le tout;
the whole thing or the whole business was a farce ce fut un véritable fiasco;
I had to start the whole thing over again j'ai dû tout recommencer;
forget the whole thing n'en parlons plus
(b) (as intensifier) tout;
{{}}familiar{{}} a whole pile of records tout un tas de disques;
he's got a whole collection of old photographs il a toute une collection de vieilles photographies;
a whole new way of living une façon de vivre tout à fait nouvelle
(c) (unbroken → china, egg yolk) intact; (unhurt → person) indemne, sain et sauf;
the cups were still whole les tasses étaient toujours intactes;
{{}}archaic{{}} or {{}}Bible{{}} to make whole sauver;
thy faith hath made thee whole ta foi t'a sauvé
(d) {{}}Cookery{{}} (milk) entier; (grain) complet(ète)
(e) (brother, sister)
whole brothers des frères qui ont les mêmes parents
2 noun
(a) (complete thing, unit) ensemble m;
the whole of which this is just a part l'ensemble dont ceci n'est qu'une partie;
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts le tout est plus grand que la somme des parties
(b) (as quantifier)
the whole of tout;
it will be cold over the whole of England il fera froid sur toute l'Angleterre;
we spent the whole of August at the seaside nous avons passé tout le mois d'août au bord de la mer;
she spent the whole of her fortune on paintings elle a dépensé toute sa fortune ou sa fortune toute entière en tableaux;
can you pay the whole of the amount? pouvez-vous payer toute la somme ou l'intégralité de la somme?
3 adverb
cook the fish whole faites cuire le poisson entier;
to swallow sth whole avaler qch en entier;
{{}}familiar{{}} {{}}figurative{{}} he swallowed her story whole il a gobé tout ce qu'elle lui a dit
4 as a whole adverb
(a) (as a unit) entièrement;
as a whole or in part entièrement ou en partie
(b) (overall) dans son ensemble;
is it true of America as a whole? est-ce vrai pour toute l'Amérique ou l'Amérique en général?;
considered as a whole, the festival was a remarkable success dans son ensemble, le festival a été un vrai succès
5 a whole lot adverb
{{}}familiar{{}} beaucoup ;
he's a whole lot younger than his wife il est beaucoup plus jeune que sa femme;
I don't think it will make a whole lot of difference je ne pense pas que ça fasse une énorme différence;
there's a whole lot of things that need explaining il y a beaucoup de choses qui doivent être expliquées;
for a whole lot of reasons pour tout un tas de raisons
6 on the whole adverb
dans l'ensemble;
on the whole he made a good impression dans l'ensemble, il a fait bonne impression;
I agree with that on the whole je suis d'accord dans l'ensemble
►► {{}}American{{}} {{}}Music{{}} whole note (semibreve) ronde f;
{{}}Mathematics{{}} whole number (integer) nombre m entier;
{{}}American{{}} {{}}Music{{}} whole rest pause f

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