total

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English

Alternative forms

• totall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) +‎ -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan 𐌕𐌏𐌖𐌕𐌏 (touto, “community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊ.təl/
• (General American) enPR: tōʹtl, IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊ.təl/, [tʰoʊ̯ɾɫ], [tʰɔɾɫ]
• Rhymes: -əʊtəl

Noun

total (plural totals)

1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

2. (informal, mathematics) Sum.

Synonyms

• (sum): sum

Translations

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Adjective

total (comparative more total, superlative most total)

1. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
2. (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

3. (mathematics, of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.

4. (mathematics, more generally, of a relation R on X × Y) Left total: Such that for every x in X there is a y in Y with x R y.
5. (mathematics, of a partial order ≤) Such that any two elements are comparable, i.e. for all a and b, either a ≤ b, or b ≤ a.

   Hyponyms: connected, complete, strongly connected

Synonyms

• (entire): entire, full, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire
• (complete): absolute, complete, utter; see also Thesaurus:total

Translations

Verb

total (third-person singular simple present totals, present participle (UK) totalling or (US) totaling, simple past and past participle (UK) totalled or (US) totaled)

1. (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

   Synonym: sum

2. To equal a total of; to amount to.

3. (transitive, US, slang) To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

   Synonyms: demolish, trash, wreck
4. (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• lotta

Asturian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈtal/ [t̪oˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: to‧tal

Adjective

total (epicene, plural totales)

1. total

Noun

total m (plural totales)

1. total

Derived terms

• en total

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tōtālis. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [toˈtal]

Adjective

total m or f (masculine and feminine plural totals)

1. total

Derived terms

• totalment

Related terms

• totalitat

Noun

total m (plural totals)

1. total

Derived terms

• en total

References

Further reading

• “total” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “total” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “total” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

From French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /totaːl/, [tˢoˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

total (neuter totalt, plural and definite singular attributive totale)

1. total

Inflection

Noun

total c (singular definite totalen, plural indefinite totaler)

1. total

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compound of to (“two”) and tal (“number”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /total/, [ˈtˢotˢal]

Noun

total n (singular definite totallet, plural indefinite totaller)

1. two

Inflection

Synonyms

• 2-tal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.tal/, /to.tal/
• Homophones: totale, totales

Adjective

total (feminine totale, masculine plural totaux, feminine plural totales)

1. total

   Antonym: partiel

2. perfect

Noun

total m (plural totaux)

1. total

Related terms

• au total
• question totale
• sous-total
• totalement
• totaliser
• totalitaire
• totalité
• tout

Further reading

• “total”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Adjective

total m or f (plural totais)

1. complete, entire

Noun

total m (plural totais)

1. total

Further reading

• “total”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈtaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

total (strong nominative masculine singular totaler, not comparable)

1. total

Declension

Adverb

total

1. totally

   Synonym: absolut

2. (colloquial) big time, full-on, flat-out

   total übertrieben ― massively exaggerated

   total zugekifft ― stoned out of one's mind

   total betrunken ― dead drunk

Further reading

• “total” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “total” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “total” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch totaal, from Middle Dutch totael, from Middle French total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtotal/ [ˈt̪o.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -otal
• Syllabification: to‧tal

Adjective

total

1. total:
   1. entire; relating to the whole of something
   2. complete; absolute

Noun

total (plural total-total)

1. total

Derived terms

Further reading

• “total” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus +‎ -ālis.

Adjective

total (neuter singular totalt, definite singular and plural totale)

1. total

Derived terms

• totalskade
• totaltap

References

• “total” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus +‎ -ālis.

Adjective

total (neuter singular totalt, definite singular and plural totale)

1. total

Derived terms

• totalskadd
• totaltap

References

• “total” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tōtālis (“total”), from Latin tōtus (“whole”) + -ālis (“-al”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: to‧tal

Adjective

total m or f (plural totais)

1. complete; entire (to the greatest extent)

   Synonyms: completo, inteiro

   Antonyms: incompleto, parcial
2. total (relating to the whole of something)

Noun

total m (plural totais)

1. total (amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts)

   Synonym: totalidade

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French total. By surface analysis, tot (“the whole”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

total m or n (feminine singular totală, masculine plural totali, feminine and neuter plural totale)

1. total

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈtal/ [t̪oˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: to‧tal

Adjective

total m or f (masculine and feminine plural totales)

1. total, complete, outright

Derived terms

Adverb

total

1. (colloquial) basically, so, in short (used to summarise)

Noun

total m (plural totales)

1. total

Derived terms

See also

• todo

Further reading

• “total”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From German total, from French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊˈtɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Adjective

total (not comparable)

1. total

Declension

References

• total in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• Lotta, lotta

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /toˈtal/ [t̪oˈt̪al] (noun; adverb)
    • Rhymes: -al
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtotal/ [ˈt̪oː.t̪ɐl] (English influence) (noun)
    • Rhymes: -otal
• Syllabification: to‧tal

Noun

totál or total (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔)

1. total; sum

   Synonym: kabuoan

Derived terms

Related terms

Adverb

totál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔)

1. (colloquial) after all (anyway, in any case)

   Synonym: kung sa bagay

2. (colloquial) after all (introduces information that supports the preceding statement)

Alternative forms

• tutal

Further reading

• “total”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• tatlo