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5-letter words (2 found)

LOTTA,TOTAL,

4-letter words (4 found)

ALTO,LOTA,TOLA,TOLT,

3-letter words (8 found)

ALT,ATT,LAT,LOT,OAT,TAO,TAT,TOT,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AT,LA,LO,TA,TO,

You can make 20 words from total according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of total

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Definitions and meaning of total

total

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.
    A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
  2. (informal, mathematics) Sum.
    The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

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.

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, Valencian) [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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /totaːl/, [tˢoˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

total

  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, Royal Galician Academy.

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 übertriebenmassively exaggerated
    total zugekifftstoned out of one's mind
    total betrunkendead drunk

Further reading

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

Alternative forms

  • tutal (adverb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish total.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: to‧tal
  • IPA(key): /toˈtal/, [toˈtal]
  • IPA(key): /tuˈtal/, [tʊˈtal] (adverb)

Adverb

totál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement: anyway; anyhow
    Synonym: kung sa bagay

Noun

totál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. total; sum
    Synonym: kabuoan

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