tout court
UK/ˌtuː ˈkɔː/US/ˌtu ˈkɔɹ/
tout court adverb: just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
Adverb
tout court (not comparable)
- Just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
- Harry was ‘Master Harry’ in their mouths; Judy was officially ‘Miss Judy’; but Black Sheep was never anything more than Black Sheep tout court.1888, Rudyard Kipling, Baa Baa, Black Sheep
- People did not bow down and worship a rock tout court; the rock was simply a focus that directed their attention to the mysterious essence of life.2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 21
tout court meaning in Tamil
tout court in Tamil
- சுருக்கமாய்
Origin of tout court
Borrowed from French tout court.
Words that rhyme with tout court
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about tout court
- What does tout court mean?
- Tout court means just, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
- What is tout court in Tamil?
- Tout court in Tamil is சுருக்கமாய். See Tout court meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tout court?
- Tout court is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce tout court?
- Tout court is pronounced /ˌtuː ˈkɔː/ (UK).
Words near tout court in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tout court (page history and authors); tout court (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “tout court.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tout_court. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.