French word

totaliser

Pronunciation

IPA/totalize/

Meaning

  • verbtotal

Example

Le film a totalisé un million d'entrées.

The film totaled one million admissions.

Illustration for totaliser (total)

More examples

Le magasin a totalisé 3 000 euros de ventes aujourd'hui.

Today, the store totaled 3,000 euros in sales.

Core concept

Many individual amounts gathered into a single overall count.

Common phrases

  • totaliser des ventes

    total the sales

  • totaliser les points

    total the points

Similar words

compter: To count things or people to determine how many there are.
additionner: To add several numbers or amounts together into one total.

Definition in French

Additionner plusieurs éléments numériques pour calculer un total global.

Word origin

The verb totaliser derives from French total, itself from Latin totalis, combined with the French verb-forming suffix -iser.

Usage tips

  • In Le film a totalisé un million d'entrées, un million d'entrées is the direct object, with no preposition after totalisé.

Other meanings

  • add upverb

Opposites

Related words

  • totalisationtotalizationnoun
  • totalisétotaledadjective

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