All vs Entire vs Total vs Whole

Quand utiliser chacun en anglais, avec le sens, le registre et des exemples.

All

Bloc à haute fréquence A1 determiner

Entire

Top 2000 (courant) B2 adjective

Total

Top 1000 (très courant) B1 adjective

Whole

Top 2000 (courant) A2 adjective

	All	Entire	Total	Whole
Prononciation	🇬🇧 /["/ɔːl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ɔːl/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ɪnˈtaɪə(r)/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ɪnˈtaɪər/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ˈtəʊtl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈtəʊtl/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/həʊl/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/həʊl/"]/
Sens	Everything or everyone, without exception.	Tout ou complet. Whole or complete.	Le montant ou le nombre total de quelque chose. The whole amount or number of something.	Tout; complet. All of something; complete.
Exemple	All the students in the class passed the exam.	He ate the entire pizza by himself.	The total cost of the groceries came to fifty dollars.	She ate the whole pizza by herself.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Bloc à haute fréquence	Top 2000 (courant)	Top 1000 (très courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	A1	B2	B1	A2
Nature grammaticale	determiner	adjective	adjective	adjective
Collocations	all day, all the time, all over, all of us	entire country, entire book, entire team, entire life, entire scope	total amount, total number, total cost, total failure, total control	the whole thing, the whole part, whole heart, whole number, whole community
Antonymes	none, part, some	partial, incomplete, broken	partial, incomplete	partial, incomplete
Erreurs fréquentes	'All' used without a noun (e.g. saying 'I love all' instead of 'I love all of them')., Confused with 'all of' when it shouldn't be (e.g. 'All of the students came' is correct; 'All students came' is also correct in informal contexts).	Confusing 'entire' with 'whole' in informal situations., Incorrectly using 'entire' with uncountable nouns., Using 'entirely' when 'entire' is needed.	'Total' used as a verb incorrectly., Confusing 'total' with 'entire' in some contexts., Using 'totally' instead of 'total' when describing a noun.	Using 'whole' with plural nouns (e.g., 'whole apples' instead of 'whole apple'), Confusing 'whole' with 'hole', Misplacing 'whole' in a sentence (e.g., 'the whole of them' instead of 'all of them')
Notes d'usage	Use 'all' in both spoken and written English when referring to the entirety of a group. Avoid using 'all' when referring to a specific subset, as it implies inclusivity.	Utilisez 'entier' pour parler de quelque chose de complètement ou de totalement. C'est approprié dans la plupart des contextes, sauf dans les conversations très informelles où 'tout' pourrait être plus courant. Use 'entire' when referring to something completely or fully. It's suitable for most contexts, except very casual conversations where 'whole' might be more common.	Utilisez 'total' dans des contextes impliquant des montants ou des sommes. Il convient aussi bien à la parole informelle que formelle, mais évitez de l'utiliser dans des contextes techniques ou scientifiques où des termes précis sont préférés. Use 'total' in contexts involving amounts or sums. It's appropriate for both casual and formal speech, but avoid using it in technical or scientific contexts where precise terms are preferred.	Utilisez 'entier' pour parler de quelque chose dans son intégralité. C'est approprié à l'écrit comme à l'oral, mais peut sembler moins formel dans un contexte académique. Évitez de l'utiliser avec des noms dénombrables spécifiques ; utilisez-le plutôt avec des noms indénombrables ou collectifs. Use 'whole' when referring to something in its entirety. It is appropriate in both written and spoken contexts, but may sound less formal in academic writing. Avoid using it with specific countable nouns; instead, use with uncountable or collective nouns.

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You'd have to buy out the entire cabin and the first-class flight attendant.

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The only way that entire car is worth 500 bucks...

Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air.

You'd have to buy out the entire cabin and the first-class flight attendant.

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The only way that entire car is worth 500 bucks...

Entire

So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church,

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this whole new generation of antidepressants

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3,500 for the UK for the whole year.

So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church,

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this whole new generation of antidepressants

Whole

Questions fréquentes : All vs Entire vs Total vs Whole

Quelle est la différence entre All, Entire, Total et Whole ?

All: Everything or everyone, without exception. Entire: Whole or complete. Total: The whole amount or number of something. Whole: All of something; complete.

Lequel est le plus avancé : All, Entire, Total et Whole ?

Entire est le niveau le plus élevé, à B2, sur l'échelle CEFR.

All, Entire, Total et Whole sont-ils au même niveau CEFR ?

All: A1, Entire: B2, Total: B1, Whole: A2 sur l'échelle CEFR.

Quelle est la nature grammaticale de All, Entire, Total et Whole ?

All: determiner, Entire: adjective, Total: adjective, Whole: adjective.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

All: All the students in the class passed the exam. Entire: He ate the entire pizza by himself. Total: The total cost of the groceries came to fifty dollars. Whole: She ate the whole pizza by herself.

Puis-je utiliser All, Entire, Total et Whole de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. All, Entire, Total et Whole sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.