total
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- totall (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”), 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 thede, Dutch.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
total (plural totals)
- An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
- (informal, mathematics) Sum.
- The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
See also [edit]
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
Synonyms [edit]
- (sum): sum
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Adjective [edit]
total (comparative more total, superlative most total)
- Entire; relating to the whole of something.
- The total book is rubbish from start to finish.
- The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
- used as an intensifier Complete; absolute.
- He is a total failure.
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Verb [edit]
total (third-person singular simple present totals, present participle totalling in British English, totaling in American English, simple past and past participle totalled in British English, totaled in American English)
- (transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
- When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
- To equal a total of; to amount to.
- That totals seven times so far.
- (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
- Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
- (intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
- It totals nearly a pound.
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Danish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From French total.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /totaːl/, [tˢoˈtˢæːˀl]
Adjective [edit]
total (neuter totalt, definite and plural totale)
Noun [edit]
total c (singular definite totalen, plural indefinite totaler)
Inflection [edit]
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | total | totalen | totaler | totalerne |
| genitive | totals | totalens | totalers | totalernes |
Etymology 2 [edit]
Compound of to (“two”) and tal (“number”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /total/, [ˈtˢotˢal]
Noun [edit]
total n (singular definite totallet, plural indefinite totaller)
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Inflection [edit]
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | total | totallet | totaller | totallerne |
| genitive | totals | totallets | totallers | totallernes |
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
total m (feminine totale, masculine plural totaux, feminine plural totales)
- total
- perfect
Antonyms [edit]
- (total): partiel
Noun [edit]
total m (plural totaux)
- total
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Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Medieval Latin tōtālis (“total”), from Latin tōtus (“whole”) + -ālis (“-al”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
total m and f (plural totais; comparable)
- complete; entire (to the greatest extent)
- 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 141:
- Quero conversar com os senhores e exijo sua total e absoluta atenção.
- I want to talk with you and I demand your complete and absolute attention.
- Quero conversar com os senhores e exijo sua total e absoluta atenção.
- 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 141:
- total (relating to the whole of something)
- A quantidade total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
- The total amount of books in this library is more than a million.
- A quantidade total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
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Antonyms [edit]
- (complete): incompleto, parcial
Noun [edit]
total m (plural totais)
- total (amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts)
- O total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
- The total amount of books in this library is more than a million.
- O total de livros nesta biblioteca é mais de um milhão.
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Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (““all, whole, entire”).
Adjective [edit]
total m and f (plural totales)
Adverb [edit]
total
- (colloquial) basically, so, in short (used to summarise)
- Total, que no puedo venir.
- Basically, I can't come.
- Total, que no puedo venir.
Noun [edit]
total m (plural totales)
See also [edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English informal terms
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- English adjectives
- English verbs
- American English
- English slang
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish adjectives
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- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese adjectives
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- Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish adverbs
- Spanish colloquialisms
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