tout d'un coup

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tu d‿œ̃ ku/

Adverb

tout d’un coup

  1. all of a sudden, all at once; suddenly; abruptly
  2. (archaic) in one fell swoop, all at once
    • Pascal, Pensées:
      Il faut tout d’un coup voir la chose d’un seul regard, et non pas par progrès de raisonnement.
      One must see the thing all at once at a single glance, and not by a process of reasoning.
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