tot

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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. (Britain, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Short for total (“to sum”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To sum or total. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (Britain, 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 terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tot (plural tots)

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

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

tot

  1. until

Preposition[edit]

tot

  1. until

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tot m (plural toteanj)

  1. old man
  2. grandfather

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan tot, from Latin tōtus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. all
    Antonym: cap

Pronoun[edit]

tot

  1. everything
    Antonym: res

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Chinook Jargon[edit]

Noun[edit]

tot

  1. uncle

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (with regard to gender): kwalh

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

tot

  1. rust, corrosion

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

tot (feminine tota, masculine plural toč)

  1. all

Pronoun[edit]

tot

  1. everything

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tot

  1. to, up to
  2. until

Inflection[edit]

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 terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: tot

Conjunction[edit]

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!

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tot (not comparable)

  1. dead, deceased

Declension[edit]

Declension of tot
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 terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “tot” in Duden online

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tot (invariable)

  1. so many

Noun[edit]

tot m (invariable)

  1. so much

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

tot (indeclinable)

  1. so many

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

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 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

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan tot, from Latin tōtus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. all
  2. each, every
    Synonym: cada

Derived terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

tot

  1. everything

Derived terms[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective[edit]

tot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tote)

  1. all

Declension[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

tot

  1. all; completely

Descendants[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

tōt

  1. dead

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • 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 Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective[edit]

tot (nominative singular tuih)

  1. all

Descendants[edit]

Romagnol[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

tot

  1. everyone

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of tot (determiner declension, indefinite only)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite tot toată toți toate
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite — — tuturor tuturor
definite — — — —

Pronoun[edit]

tot

  1. everything

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tōtus.

Adverb[edit]

tot

  1. (Surmiran) all

Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French tot, from Latin tōtus.

Adjective[edit]

tot

  1. all

Wastek[edit]

Noun[edit]

tot

  1. turkey vulture

References[edit]

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