tot

See also tôt, tốt, and tót

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

tot (plural tots)

1. A small child.

   He learned to run when he was just a tot.

2. A measure of spirits, especially rum.
   • 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa

     Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.

   • 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party

     And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.

3. (UK, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Translations

A small child

• Catalan: infant (ca) m
• Finnish: napero (fi), pikkulapsi (fi)

• Russian: малыш (ru) (malyš) m
• Spanish: infante (es)

A measure of spirits, especially rum

• Catalan: glop (ca) m

Etymology 2

Shortening of total (“to sum”)

Verb

tot (third-person singular simple present tots, present participle totting, simple past and past participle totted)

1. To sum or total.

Derived terms

• tot up

Anagrams

• ott , Ott, OTT

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tot/, X-SAMPA: /tot/

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot m (feminine tota, masculine plural tots, feminine plural totes)

1. all

Pronoun

tot

1. everything

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Chinook Jargon

Noun

tot

1. uncle

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): kwalh

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

tot

1. rust, corrosion

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tōtus. Compare Romanian, Romansch, Occitan, and Catalan tot, Italian tutto, French tout, Spanish and Portuguese todo.

Adjective

tot (masculine plural toč)

1. all

Pronoun

tot

1. everything

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tot, tōte, from Old Dutch tote, toti (“to, until”), equivalent to toe + te. Compare Old Saxon tōte (“to, until”), Old Frisian tot (“until”), Old High German zuo ze.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔt/

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Conjunction

tot

1. until, till

   Ik kan niet wachten tot het hier ook weer gaat sneeuwen! — I can't wait till it snows here as well!

Preposition

tot

1. to, up to
2. until

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of toe

preposition	tot
postpositional adv.	toe
+ het (it)	ertoe
+ dit (this)	hiertoe
+ dat (that)	daartoe
+ wat (what)	waartoe
+ iets (something)	ergens toe
+ niets (nothing)	nergens toe
+ alles (everything)	overal toe

Derived terms

• tot aan
• tot op
• tot en met
• tot nu toe
• tot dan toe

Anagrams

• o.t.t.

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German

Etymology

From Old High German tōt (akin to Old Saxon dōd), from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare Dutch dood, English dead, Danish død.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːt/
• Homophone: Tod

Adjective

tot (not comparable)

1. dead, deceased

Derived terms

• mausetot

Related terms

• Tod m

Declension

    Declension of tot

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist tot	sie ist tot	es ist tot	sie sind tot
strong declension (without article)	nominative	toter	tote	totes	tote
	genitive	toten	toter	toten	toter
	dative	totem	toter	totem	toten
	accusative	toten	tote	totes	tote
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tote	die tote	das tote	die toten
	genitive	des toten	der toten	des toten	der toten
	dative	dem toten	der toten	dem toten	den toten
	accusative	den toten	die tote	das tote	die toten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein toter	eine tote	ein totes	(keine) toten
	genitive	eines toten	einer toten	eines toten	(keiner) toten
	dative	einem toten	einer toten	einem toten	(keinen) toten
	accusative	einen toten	eine tote	ein totes	(keine) toten

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Italian

Adjective

tot (invariable)

1. so many

Noun

tot m (invariable)

1. so much

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Latin

Etymology

From totus.

Numeral

tot

1. so many

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tut/, X-SAMPA: /tut/

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot m (feminine tota, masculine plural tots, feminine plural totas)

1. all

Pronoun

tot

1. everything

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Old French

Alternative forms

• tut
• tuit

Adjective

tot

1. all

Declension

  Declension of tot  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	toz	tote	tot
	Oblique	tot	tote	tot
Plural	Subject	tot	totes	tot
	Oblique	toz	totes	tot

Adverb

tot

1. all; completely

Descendants

• French: tout

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daudaz, whence also Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (dauþs), Old Saxon dōd, Old English dēad and Old Norse dauðr.

Adjective

tōt

1. dead

Related terms

• tōd

Descendants

• German: tot

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tōtus. Compare Aromanian tut, Catalan tot, French tout, Italian tutto, Portuguese todo, Spanish todo.

Adjective

tot ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. all, (the) whole
2. (in the plural) all, every

Declension

singular		plural
masculine & neuter	feminine	masculine	feminine & neuter
tot	toată	toți	toate

Pronoun

tot

1. everything

Derived terms

• atot
• tuturor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) tut
• (Puter, Vallader) tuot

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adverb

tot

1. (Surmiran) all

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Walloon

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot

1. all