whole

entier, tout

Qui comprend toutes les parties, sans rien laisser de côté.

En anglais simple : Including every part of something, with nothing left out.

• I ate the whole apple.
• The whole family came to dinner.
• Did you spend the whole day at home?

Synonymes : entire, complete

Contraires : partial

Expressions courantes : the whole day, the whole family, my whole life, the whole story

sain, indemne

En bonne santé, sans blessure ni dommage physique ou moral.

En anglais simple : Healthy and not hurt or damaged in body or mind.

• She felt whole again after her recovery.
• He returned from battle whole in body.
• The treatment helped restore her to a whole and healthy state.

Synonymes : healthy, uninjured, sound

Contraires : injured, damaged

Expressions courantes : whole in body, whole in mind, feel whole again

en entier, sans couper

Sans couper ni casser en petits morceaux.

En anglais simple : Completely, without cutting or breaking something into smaller pieces.

• Swallow the tablet whole.
• The snake swallowed its prey whole.
• We roasted the fish whole with some herbs.

Synonymes : in one piece, entirely

Expressions courantes : swallow something whole, cook something whole, roast something whole

totalité, ensemble

Toutes les parties d’une chose ou sa quantité complète.

En anglais simple : All of something, including every part or the entire amount.

• I read the whole of the book.
• Snow covered the whole of the valley.
• We spent the whole of Sunday cleaning.

Comment l'utiliser : the whole of something (Rain spread across the whole of the country.)

Synonymes : all, entirety

Contraires : part

Expressions courantes : the whole of, the whole amount, throughout the whole

tout, ensemble

Une chose complète constituée de toutes ses parties réunies.

En anglais simple : A complete thing made from all its parts.

• The parts form a whole.
• The pictures and text create a pleasing whole.
• Consider the system as a whole before changing individual parts.

Synonymes : unit, entity

Contraires : part

Expressions courantes : a coherent whole, as a whole, a unified whole