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Total in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
totaal
Albanian
total
Amharic
ጠቅላላ
Arabic
مجموع
Armenian
ընդհանուր
Assamese
মুঠ
Aymara
taqpacha
Azerbaijani
ümumi
Bambara
kasabi
Basque
guztira
Belarusian
усяго
Bengali
মোট
Bhojpuri
कुल
Bosnian
ukupno
Bulgarian
обща сума
Catalan
total
Cebuano
kinatibuk-an
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
tutale
Croatian
ukupno
Czech
celkový
Danish
total
Dhivehi
ޖުމްލަ
Dogri
कुल
Dutch
totaal
English
total
Esperanto
entute
Estonian
kokku
Ewe
ƒuƒoƒo
Filipino (Tagalog)
kabuuan
Finnish
kaikki yhteensä
French
total
Frisian
totaal
Galician
total
Georgian
სულ
German
gesamt
Greek
σύνολο
Guarani
opaite
Gujarati
કુલ
Haitian Creole
total
Hausa
duka
Hawaiian
huina
Hebrew
סך הכל
Hindi
संपूर्ण
Hmong
tag nrho
Hungarian
teljes
Icelandic
samtals
Igbo
ngụkọta
Ilocano
dagup
Indonesian
total
Irish
iomlán
Italian
totale
Japanese
合計
Javanese
gunggunge
Kannada
ಒಟ್ಟು
Kazakh
барлығы
Khmer
សរុប
Kinyarwanda
yose hamwe
Konkani
एकूण
Korean
합계
Krio
ɔl
Kurdish
hemî
Kurdish (Sorani)
کۆ
Kyrgyz
жалпы
Lao
ລວມທັງ ໝົດ
Latin
summa
Latvian
kopā
Lingala
mobimba
Lithuanian
viso
Luganda
okugatta
Luxembourgish
total
Macedonian
вкупно
Maithili
पूरा
Malagasy
sokajy
Malay
jumlah
Malayalam
ആകെ
Maltese
totali
Maori
tapeke
Marathi
एकूण
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ
Mizo
belhkhawm
Mongolian
нийт
Myanmar (Burmese)
စုစုပေါင်း
Nepali
कुल
Norwegian
total
Nyanja (Chichewa)
okwana
Odia (Oriya)
ସମୁଦାୟ
Oromo
ida'ama
Pashto
ټوله
Persian
جمع
Polish
całkowity
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
total
Punjabi
ਕੁੱਲ
Quechua
llapan
Romanian
total
Russian
общее
Samoan
aofaʻi
Sanskrit
कुल
Scots Gaelic
iomlan
Sepedi
palomoka
Serbian
укупно
Sesotho
kakaretso
Shona
zvachose
Sindhi
ڪل
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
මුළු
Slovak
celkom
Slovenian
skupaj
Somali
wadar
Spanish
total
Sundanese
total
Swahili
jumla
Swedish
total
Tagalog (Filipino)
kabuuan
Tajik
ҳамагӣ
Tamil
மொத்தம்
Tatar
барлыгы
Telugu
మొత్తం
Thai
รวม
Tigrinya
ድምር
Tsonga
hinkwaswo
Turkish
toplam
Turkmen
jemi
Twi (Akan)
ne nyinaa
Ukrainian
усього
Urdu
کل
Uyghur
ئومۇمىي
Uzbek
jami
Vietnamese
toàn bộ
Welsh
cyfanswm
Xhosa
zizonke
Yiddish
גאַנץ
Yoruba
lapapọ
Zulu
okuphelele

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "totaal" in Afrikaans could either be the Dutch loanword "totaal" meaning "total" or the Afrikaans "tot aal" meaning "to all".
Albanian"Total" in Albanian can also mean "completely" or "very much", originating from the French "total".
AmharicThe Amharic word "ጠቅላላ" (total) originates from the verb "ተቀላ" (to gather) and has a broader meaning of "everything included".
Arabic"مجموع" comes from the triconsonantal root "جمع" and can also mean "group".
AzerbaijaniThe word 'ümumi' is derived from the Arabic word 'umum', meaning 'common' or 'public'.
BasqueThe word 'guztira' is used to emphasize the completeness or totality of something, akin to the English 'all in all' or 'in toto'.
BelarusianУсяго (total) derives from "уси" (all) or "весь" (all) and is the cognate to "vsjo" in Russian and "все" (vse) Ukrainian.
Bengaliমোট in Bengali can also mean the sum, amount, or quantity of something
BosnianUkupno, meaning "total," is derived from the Proto-Slavic "Vkvpьnъ" meaning "complete," which is also the origin of the words "ukupiti" (to gather) and "kupovina" (purchase) in Bosnian.
BulgarianThe word "обща сума" in Bulgarian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "suma", meaning "sum" or "amount". It also has the alternate meaning of "total assets" or "net worth".
CatalanThe Catalan word "total" comes from the Latin "totus" meaning "whole" or "complete".
Cebuano"Kinatibuk-an" is derived from the root word "tibuk" which means "whole" or "complete."
Chinese (Simplified)In Simplified Chinese, "总" can also mean "head" or "chief", suggesting a higher status or authority.
Chinese (Traditional)The character 總 can also mean "collect", "gather", or "manage".
CorsicanThe word "tutale" is commonly used in Corsican to mean "very" or "quite" rather than the standard definition "total."
CroatianThe word "ukupno" in Croatian can also mean "collective" or "aggregate".
CzechIn the past, "celkový" meant "belonging to a whole" but it now means "total" or "overall" in the sense of "the whole of something" or "all in all".
DanishThe Danish word "Total" can also mean "a lottery with a large prize pool".
DutchThe word "totaal" can also mean "absolutely" or "completely" in Dutch.
EsperantoThe word "entute" can also mean "in full" or "completely".
EstonianThe Estonian word "kokku" can also mean "together" or "in total".
FinnishThe word "kaikki yhteensä" is also used in the sense of "all in all" or "on the whole".
FrenchThe French word "total" comes from the Latin word "totalis" which means "whole" or "entire". In French, the word "total" can also mean "complete" or "absolute".
FrisianIn Frisian, "totaal" can also mean "completely" or "thoroughly", as in "Ik bin totaal kapot" (I am completely exhausted).
Georgianსულ (sul) can also mean 'soul'.
GermanThe word "gesamt" in German has been traced back to the Proto-Germanic word "gasamjan", meaning "to gather" or "to assemble".
Greek"Σύνολο" comes from "σύν", meaning "with" or "together", and "όλος" meaning "whole" or "entire."
GujaratiThe word "કુલ" ("total") is of Sanskrit origin and is composed of the prefix "कु" meaning "all" and the suffix "ल" meaning "that which is".
Haitian CreoleHaitian Creole "total" originates from English "total" and also means "completely", "very", or "all".
HausaDerived from Arabic, "duka" also means a shop or store; "duka na kaba" means a clothing store.
HawaiianThe word "huina" in Hawaiian can also mean "to gather" or "to assemble".
Hebrewסך הכל can be understood as an abbreviation of "סך הכלל" meaning "the total of the rule", referring to the fact that it's more than just the sum of the parts.
HindiThe word 'संपूर्ण' in Hindi has ancient Sanskrit roots and also relates to the concept of something being 'perfect' or 'complete'.
HmongThe Hmong word "tag nrho" can also mean "everything" or "all".
Hungarian"Teljes" is one of the old Hungarian words that means a whole or a set of something.
IcelandicDerived from the Old Norse word "samtals", which means "conversation" or "communication".
IgboThe Igbo word "ngụkọta" derives from the verb stem "gụ" (count) and the suffix "-kọta" (all), suggesting "counting all".
IndonesianKata “total” dalam Bahasa Indonesia juga memiliki arti “hancur” atau “rusak parah” yang berasal dari Bahasa Belanda “totaal”.
IrishIrish `Iomlán` shares a root with `im` "about, concerning", and the suffix `-lan` ("pertaining to") as `cothromlan` ("suitable").
ItalianThe Italian word "totale" is derived from the Latin word "totalis", meaning "entire" or "complete".
Japanese'合計' ('total') is a compound of '合' ('to combine') and '計' ('to calculate'). '計' can also mean 'plan', 'design', or 'plot', so '合計' can also be interpreted as 'sum of plans' or 'grand scheme'.
JavaneseIn Javanese, "gunggunge" shares the same origin with "gung" (a big heap, mound), and can also mean "to gather" (people, animals, or things)
Kannada"ಒಟ್ಟು" also refers to a group when used as a noun.
KazakhБарлығы is derived from the Old Turkic word "barlıq" meaning "everything" or "all".
KhmerThe word "សរុប" in Khmer also means "in brief" or "in summary".
KoreanThe word "합계" ("total") in Korean also has the meaning of "addition" or "summation".
KurdishThe word "hemî" in Kurdish, meaning "total," originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*sm̥-," indicating "one," with cognates in various Indo-European languages.
KyrgyzЖалпы is also an older word for "army" and is used in expressions like "жакшы жалпы" meaning "good ruler" or "good army".
LatinThe Latin word "summa" also means "the highest point or degree".
LatvianLatvian "kopā" originates from Lithuanian "kartu" and means "together".
LithuanianThe word "viso" also means "whole" or "entire" in Lithuanian.
Luxembourgish"Total" can also mean "very" or "completely" in Luxembourgish.
MacedonianThe word "вкупно" also means "together" and "in all".
MalagasyThe word "sokajy" in Malagasy is derived from the Arabic word "sukkār", which means "sugar" and is used as a term of endearment.
Malay"Jumlah" can also refer to a congregation of people gathered for religious purposes.
Malayalam"ആകെ" can also mean "altogether" in Malayalam.
MalteseThe word 'totali' in Maltese comes from the Italian word 'totale', which itself comes from the Latin word 'totus', meaning 'whole' or 'complete'.
MaoriThe word "tapeke" can also mean "completely" or "utterly" in Māori.
Marathiएकूण is derived from two Sanskrit words: एक ('one') and उण ('less').
MongolianThe word 'нийт' also means 'all' and 'everybody' in Mongolian.
NepaliThe word "कुल" can also mean lineage, family, caste, race, or group.
NorwegianI Norge kan "total" også bety "å ødelegge".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "okwana" in Nyanja has origins in the word "kwanira," which means "sufficient" or "enough."
PashtoThe word ټوله also means "all" in Pashto.
PersianThe word جمع can also refer to "Friday" or "the act of collecting".
PolishIn Polish, "całkowity" derives from "cał", which means "whole", thus emphasizing its "complete" nature.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "total" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) also means "absolute", "complete", or "entire".
PunjabiThe word "ਕੁੱਲ" can also mean "entire", "complete", or "all" in Punjabi.
RomanianThe Romanian word "total" traces its roots to the Latin "totus", meaning "whole" or "complete," but it has also been influenced by the French "total," which can include the idea of a sum or a collective whole.
Russian"Общее" is a Russian word meaning "total" that can also refer to "the common" and "the general".
SamoanThe word "aofaʻi" can also refer to a Samoan chant or a Samoan tapa (bark cloth) pattern.
Scots GaelicIomlan comes from the Old Irish "imlán," meaning "full" or "complete."
SerbianThe word укупно may also refer to "the entirety" or "as a whole".
Sesotho"Kakaretso" is also used figuratively to denote "completely" or "entirely".
ShonaThe word "zvachose" can also refer to the concept of "the whole thing" or "the complete picture" in Shona.
SindhiSindhi word “ڪل” can also mean
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The Sinhala word "මුළු" (total) also means "complete" or "entire".
SlovakThe word "Celkom" in Slovak is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*cělъ", meaning "whole", and is also cognate to the English "helm", meaning "a protective covering or headpiece".
SlovenianThe word "skupaj" is also used in Slovenian to mean "together" or "in total".
SomaliThe word "wadar" in Somali can also mean "all" and "everything".
SpanishLa palabra "total" proviene del latín "totus", que significa "todo" o "completo"
SundaneseIn Sundanese, the word "total" can also mean "finish" or "complete".
SwahiliThe Swahili word 'jumla' can also refer to a group of people or things, or to the totality of something.
SwedishDerived from French, the word 'total' ('total') in Swedish has an alternate meaning of a 'gambling pool' or 'total sum'.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "kabuuan" in Tagalog can also refer to a "whole" or "entirety" of something, rather than just a numerical total.
TajikThe Tajik word "ҳамагӣ" is derived from the Persian word "همگی" and originally meant "all", "together" or "completely".
Tamilமொத்தம் originates from Tamil root 'Muttha' meaning 'to collect; gather'. It originally meant 'the end or a limit'.
Telugu'మొత్తం' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'मत्ता', which means 'intoxicated' or 'arrogant'.
ThaiThai word 'รวม' can also mean collect, gather, or sum.
TurkishThe word "Toplam" in Turkish, meaning "total", is derived from the verb "toplamak" (to collect, to gather).
UkrainianUkrainian word "усього" comes from the Proto-Slavic noun *vьsь, which also meant "all".
UrduIn Urdu, "کل" is etymologically linked to the concept of "completion" and also has the meaning of "yesterday".
Uzbek"Jami" is also used as a name for a collection of poems, such as a "divan".
Vietnamese"Toàn bộ" is a Sino-Vietnamese word derived from the Chinese characters "全部" (quán bù), which means "the entire amount".
Welsh"Cyfanswm" is a compound word, formed from the words "cyfan", meaning "all" or "whole", and "swm", meaning "sum". It can also be used in a more general sense to mean "total" or "overall"}
XhosaZizonke' is derived from the verb 'zonka', meaning 'to complete', 'to finish' or 'to be enough'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "גאַנץ" also translates to the English concept of the "whole" from the perspective of a holistic and complete entity and not solely quantity of parts.
YorubaThe word "lapapọ" in Yoruba also means "completely" or "entirely".
ZuluThe Zulu word "okuphelele" is synonymous with "ukukwanele," meaning satisfaction, sufficiency, and adequacy, conveying a sense of fulfillment and completeness.
EnglishThe word "total" is derived from the Latin word "totus," meaning "whole" or "entire."

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