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both

/bəʊθ/

/boʊθ/

bothdeterminer

/bəʊθ/

/boʊθ/

(quantifier – with plural countable nouns – dual)

Translations

les deux

Both parents attended the meeting.

Les deux parents ont assisté à la réunion.

Definitions

Used before a plural noun to indicate that the two people or things are included together.

Both parents attended the meeting.

Synonyms

two

pair

Antonyms

neither

bothconjunction

/bəʊθ/

/boʊθ/

(correlative conjunction – both ... and ...)

Translations

tous les deuxS’emploie après le sujet pour insister sur la participation de deux personnes ou éléments.

They both agreed to the proposal.

Ils ont tous les deux accepté la proposition.

Definitions

Used as a correlative conjunction with and to join two parallel elements (nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.).

I both admire and respect him.

bothpronoun

/bəʊθ/

/boʊθ/

(quantifier – without nouns – dual)

Translations

les deux

Both were excited about the trip.

Les deux étaient ravis du voyage.

Definitions

Used to refer to two people or things, regarded together.

Both were excited about the trip.

Synonyms

two

pair

neither

bothadverb

/bəʊθ/

/boʊθ/

(focusing adverb – intensifier – strictly sentence-final position)

Translations

etDans la tournure corrélative « both ... and ... ».

Both the teacher and the students were excited about the field trip.

Le professeur et les élèves étaient ravis de la sortie scolaire.

Definitions

Used at the end of a sentence after two connected items or actions to emphasize that the statement applies to both of them equally.

He sings and dances both.