total
French, noun/tɔ.tal/
total is spelled T-O-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written French, the 922nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Total is a French masculine noun meaning “total” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est obtenu en considérant tout, ensemble, somme”.
What does total mean in English?
adjective
- 1
total
- 2
perfect
noun
- 1
masculinetotal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est complet ; qui est entier.
adverb: 1. Bref, en fin de compte, au total. 2. Totalement.
noun: 1. Ce qui est obtenu en considérant tout, ensemble, somme.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of total
- totale feminine
- totaux masculine plural
- totales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce total?
- /tɔ.tal/
- /to.tal/
- \tɔ.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to total
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is total in French?
total appears 91 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).