Un peu partout

Ubiquitous French Expression


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Meaning	all around, just about everywhere
Literally	a little everywhere
Register	normal
Pronunciation		[oo(n) peuh pahr too]
IPA		[œ̃ pø paʀ tu]

Usage notes: The French expression un peu partout is a way of hedging your bets, of saying that something is just about everywhere, rather than just coming out with a flat-out, no-margin-of-error partout.

There are many possible English translations:

all around
all over (the place)
dotted around
extensively
here, there, and everywhere
just about anywhere/everywhere
scattered about

Par exemple…

En automne, il y a des feuilles mortes un peu partout.		In autumn, there are fallen leaves all around.
J’ai acheté une 2CV, et maintenant j’en vois d’autres un peu partout.		I bought a 2CV, and now I see others just about everywhere.

Un peu partout in action

Example of un peu partout in a real-life video from Lawless French Immersion:

Il y aura des centaines et des centaines d’orchestres un peu partout dans les rues des villes et des villages.		There will be hundreds and hundreds of orchestras all over the streets of cities and towns.
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