monde/mɔ̃d/
noun / interjection / adjective · A2 · Frequency 168
nounmasculine
Meanings
world
Refers to the Earth and all its inhabitants and things as a whole.
people
Refers to a group or society of people, commonly used to denote the general public.
Examples
Le monde change rapidement avec les nouvelles technologies.
The world is changing rapidly with new technologies.
Elle rêve de voyager autour du monde après ses études.
She dreams of traveling around the world after her studies.
Tout le monde a reçu un message avant la réunion.
Everyone received a message before the meeting.
Collocations
- le monde entierthe whole world
Common mistakes
La monde entier le sait.
Le monde entier le sait.
monde is a masculine noun, so it takes le in le monde rather than la.
Related words
synonymuniversuniverse, world
synonympopulationpopulation, inhabitants
antonymindividuindividual, person
interjection
Meanings
good heavens
Used as an interjection, commonly in spoken language to express surprise or emotion.
people, everyone, referring to a group of people or society as a whole
Used as a noun, commonly in spoken language to refer to a group of people or the general public.
Examples
Monde ! Je ne m'attendais pas à te voir ici si tôt.
Good heavens! I didn't expect to see you here so early.
Monde, quelle surprise de te revoir après toutes ces années !
Good heavens, what a surprise to see you again after all these years!
Le monde est en colère contre les injustices sociales actuelles.
People are angry about the current social injustices.
Collocations
- monde incroyableincredible good heavens
- monde de surprisegood heavens of surprise
- le monde entierthe whole world of people
Common mistakes
monde
Oh, monde !
As an interjection, it is usually used alone or with exclamatory phrases; using “monde” alone is incomplete.
Related words
synonymoh là làan interjection expressing surprise
synonymahinterjection expressing emotion
adjective
Meanings
pure; clean
Examples
Cette eau est vraiment monde, parfaite pour la consommation.
This water is really pure, perfect for consumption.
Il faut garder un environnement monde pour la santé de tous.
We must keep a clean environment for everyone's health.
Collocations
- eau mondepure water
- air mondeclean air
- esprit mondepure mind
Common mistakes
un monde pur
un monde purifié
The adjective 'monde' meaning 'pure' is often mistakenly used as the noun 'monde'; the correct form should be the adjective or derived forms.
Related words
antonymimpurimpure