monde

monde is masculine in French.

world; people

“C'est la plus belle fille du monde.” — She is the most beautiful girl in the world.

From Old French monde (12th c.), semi-learned form of mont (10th c.), itself inherited from Latin mundus. The alteration was likely driven by the desire to distinguish from unrelated mont (“mountain”).

good heavens

From Old French monde (12th c.), semi-learned form of mont (10th c.), itself inherited from Latin mundus. The alteration was likely driven by the desire to distinguish from unrelated mont (“mountain”).

pure; clean

From Latin mundus (“pure; clean”).