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Webster 1913 Edition


Tot

Tot

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Toddle
,
Tottle
,
Totter
.]
1.
Anything small; – frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.
2.
A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
3.
A foolish fellow.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Definition 2024


Tot

Tot

See also: tot, TOT, tót, tốt, tôt, toť, and to't

Spanish

Proper noun

Tot m

  1. Thoth

tot

tot

See also: Tot, TOT, tót, tôt, tốt, toť, and to't

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Shortening of total (to sum)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tŏt, IPA(key): /tɒt/

Verb

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
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Anagrams


Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

tot m (plural toteanj)

  1. old man
  2. grandfather

Synonyms

See also


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tot/

Etymology

From Old Provençal tot, from Latin tōtus.

Adjective

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

  1. all

Pronoun

tot

  1. everything

Derived terms

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Chinook Jargon

Noun

tot

  1. uncle

Coordinate terms

  • (with regards to gender): kwalh

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tot

  1. rust, corrosion

Dalmatian

Etymology

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

Adjective

tot (feminine tota, masculine plural toč)

  1. all

Pronoun

tot

  1. everything

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology

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.

Conjunction

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!

Preposition

tot

  1. to, up to
  2. until

Inflection

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːt/
  • Homophone: Tod

Adjective

tot (not comparable)

  1. dead, deceased

Derived terms

Related terms

Declension


Italian

Adjective

tot (invariable)

  1. so many

Noun

tot m (invariable)

  1. so much

Latin

Etymology

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

Numeral

tot (indeclinable)

  1. so many

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

References


Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tut/

Etymology

From Old Provençal tot, from Latin tōtus.

Adjective

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

  1. all

Pronoun

tot

  1. everything

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tote)

  1. all

Declension

Adverb

tot

  1. all; completely

Descendants


Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daudaz, whence also Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (dauþs), Old Saxon dōd, Old English dēad and Old Norse dauðr.

Adjective

tōt

  1. dead

Related terms

Descendants


Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot (nominative singular tuih)

  1. all

Descendants


Romagnol

Pronoun

tot

  1. everyone

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tot/

Determiner

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

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

Declension

Pronoun

tot

  1. everything

Derived terms


Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin tōtus.

Adverb

tot

  1. (Surmiran) all

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French tot, from Latin tōtus.

Adjective

tot

  1. all