tout de suite

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French tout de suite.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: to͞ot'swētʹ, IPA(key): /ˌtuːt ˈswiːt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: to͞o'dəsweetʹ, IPA(key): /ˌtuː də ˈswiːt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adverb

tout de suite (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Immediately, right away.
    Synonym: pronto
    If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite!
    • 2017, Simon Kernick, chapter 49, in The Hanged Man, London: Century, →ISBN, page 295:
      I’ve got some decent Margaux in the cellar. Let’s get back to my place tout de suite and crack it open.

French

Pronunciation

Adverb

tout de suite

  1. (idiomatic) immediately, right away
    Synonyms: aussitôt, immédiatement, sans délai, sur-le-champ
  2. (obsolete) without interruption

Derived terms