tutto

Tutto is an Italian word that functions as a determiner and as a pronoun meaning "the whole" or "everything." It derives from Latin totus and is cognate with Spanish todo and French tout. In Italian, tutto agrees with the gender and number of the noun it accompanies.

The forms are tutto (masculine singular), tutta (feminine singular), tutti (masculine plural), and tutte (feminine plural). It is used before a noun as a determiner, as in tutto il giorno, tutta la casa, tutti i giorni, tutte le cose. It can also stand alone as a pronoun meaning "everything" or "it all," as in Tutto è pronto or Non c’è niente di tutto.

Common expressions include tutto sommato (all in all), tutto ciò (all that), and tutto il resto (the rest, everything else). The word appears frequently in everyday speech as a way to emphasize totality or completeness, and it can be combined with relative phrases such as tutto ciò che (everything that).

Tutto can appear in idiomatic constructions that convey emphasis or contrast, and it often contrasts with altri, altro, or ciascuno when discussing partial rather than complete sets. In Italian usage, choosing the correct ending (tutto, tutta, tutti, tutte) aligns with the noun’s gender and number, while its role as a pronoun or determiner shapes sentence structure.

See also: todo (Spanish cognate), tout (French cognate), etymology of totus.