Wiktionary

tot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tot"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin. Compare totter, tottle. Compare also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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. tater tot.
  4. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A foolish fellow.
    • a. 1660, A Contemporary History Of Affairs In Ireland:
      Whoe answeared like a toute, or a maddman, as he was, that he was for the Kinge.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Short for total (“to sum”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. To sum or total.
    • 2017: Paul Lockhart, Arithmetic
      There are, of course, many ways to proceed from here, the most likely being that you, as an experienced tradesman, would simply know what these amounts come to (in terms of groups of ten) and can tot them up in your head.
  2. (UK, historical) To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.
    a totted debt
Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

tot (plural tots)

  1. A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch tot, from Middle Dutch tot, tōte, from Old Dutch tote, toti (“to, until”).

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

tot

  1. until

PrepositionEdit

tot

  1. until

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin totus.

AdjectiveEdit

tot

  1. all

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

tot m (plural toteanj)

  1. old man
  2. grandfather

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Classical Latin tōtus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. all
    Antonym: cap

PronounEdit

tot

  1. everything
    Antonym: res

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Chinook JargonEdit

NounEdit

tot

  1. uncle

Coordinate termsEdit

  • (with regard to gender): kwalh

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

tot

  1. rust, corrosion

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

tot (feminine tota, masculine plural toč)

  1. all

PronounEdit

tot

  1. everything

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

tot

  1. to, up to
  2. until
  3. (telephony, Suriname) Used to answer a telephone call, followed by one's name, shortened from "u spreekt tot..."
    • 2020 August 25, Gerold Rozenblad, “Tafra drai [The table has turned]”, in De Ware Tijd‎[1], retrieved 14 July 2021:
      Gaat een telefoon over ergens in Paramaribo. "Ja, halloo tot Rabin."
      A phone rings somewhere in Paramaribo. "Yes, hello. This is Rabin."
    Synonym: (Netherlands) met

InflectionEdit

Pronominal adverbs of tot
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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: tot
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tutu
  • Jersey Dutch: tut, tût
  • Negerhollands: tot, tee

ConjunctionEdit

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!

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tot (strong nominative masculine singular toter, not comparable)

  1. dead, deceased

DeclensionEdit

Positive forms of tot (uncomparable)
number & 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

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “tot” in Duden online
  • “tot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tot (invariable)

  1. so many

NounEdit

tot m (invariable)

  1. so much

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *toti, adverb from *só. Cognate with Sanskrit तति (táti), Ancient Greek τόσος (tósos).

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tot (indeclinable)

  1. so many
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.229:
      quid faciant paucī contrā tot mīlia fortēs?
      What can a few brave men do against so many thousands [of soldiers]?
      (Ovid here recounts the Battle of the Cremera.)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hora ea/ista hora hac hora illa hora quota hora quotacumque hora eadem hora altera/alia hora
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan tot, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Classical Latin tōtus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. all
  2. each, every
    Synonym: cada

Derived termsEdit

PronounEdit

tot

  1. everything

Derived termsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.

AdjectiveEdit

tot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tote)

  1. all

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tot
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject toz, tuit tote tot
Oblique tot tote tot
Plural Subject tot, tuit totes tot
Oblique toz totes tot

AdverbEdit

tot

  1. all; completely

DescendantsEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.

AdjectiveEdit

tōt

  1. dead

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle High German: tōt
    • Alemannic German:
    • Bavarian: doud
      Cimbrian: tòat
    • Central Franconian: dut, dot
      Hunsrik: dot
      Luxembourgish: dout
    • East Central German:
      Erzgebirgisch: duud
      Upper Saxon: [Term?]
    • East Franconian: [Term?]
    • German: tot
    • Rhine Franconian: dut, dot
    • Yiddish: טויט‎ (toyt)

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tōtus.

AdjectiveEdit

tot (nominative singular tuih)

  1. all

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.

PronounEdit

tot

  1. everyone

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tot m or n (feminine singular toată, masculine plural toți, feminine and neuter plural toate)

  1. all, (the) whole
    Tot timpu mă enervezi. ― You annoy me all the time.
  2. (in the plural) all, every

DeclensionEdit

declension of tot
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/accusative tot toată toți toate
genitive/dative - - tuturor tuturor

PronounEdit

tot

  1. everything
    Tot ce faci contează. ― Everything you do matters.
  2. everyone
    Vă mulțumesc tuturor. ― I thank you all.

DeclensionEdit

declension of tot
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/accusative tot toată toți toate
genitive/dative - - tuturor tuturor

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

tot n (uncountable)

  1. the whole, entirety
    Synonyms: întreg, unitate
    1. (figuratively) world, universe
      Synonyms: lume, univers
  2. crucial part, crux

DeclensionEdit

declension of tot (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tot totul
genitive/dative (unui) tot totului
vocative totule

ReferencesEdit

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.

AdverbEdit

tot

  1. (Surmiran) all

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French tot, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.

AdjectiveEdit

tot

  1. all

WastekEdit

NounEdit

tot

  1. turkey vulture

ReferencesEdit

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