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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestotal
Pronunciation / Transliteration: total
"El total de la cuenta es correcto."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The whole number or amount of something.
"The bill came to a total of fifty dollars."
- 1
Complete; absolute.
"It was a total disaster."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word 'totalis', meaning 'entire, whole', originating from 'totus' (whole). It entered Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, evolving from a strictly mathematical sense to encompass a broad meaning of completeness and entirety.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Total" is said worldwide
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totale
Transliteration: totale
"Il totale da pagare è cento euro."
total
Transliteration: total
"Le total de la facture est élevé."
Gesamtsumme
Transliteration: Gesamtsumme
"Die Gesamtsumme beläuft sich auf hundert Euro."
total
Transliteration: total
"El total de la cuenta es correcto."
total
Transliteration: total
"O total da compra deu cem reais."
कुल
Transliteration: kul
"कुल राशि कितनी है?"
总数
Transliteration: zǒngshù
"总数是多少？"
합계
Transliteration: hapgye
"총합계가 얼마인가요?"
合計
Transliteration: gōkei
"合計金額を確認してください。"
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