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à plein tube

French, adverb/a plɛ̃ tyb/

à plein tube is a French adverb meaning “completely, to the max” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Énormément”.

What does à plein tube mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    informalcompletely, to the max

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Énormément.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of à plein tube

  • à pleins tubes alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce à plein tube?

  • /a plɛ̃ tyb/
  • \a plɛ̃ tyb\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.