French word

totalité

Pronunciation

IPA/totalite/

Meaning

  • feminine nounwhole

Example

Il a mangé la totalité du gâteau.

He ate the whole cake.

Illustration for totalité (whole)

More examples

La totalité des étudiants a signé la pétition.

All the students signed the petition.

Core concept

An entire cake viewed as one unbroken quantity rather than as separate slices.

Common phrases

  • la totalité de

    all of ___

Similar words

tout: An entire group or range viewed as one undivided whole.
ensemble: A whole made up of several elements gathered together.

Definition in French

Indique la totalité d'une quantité ou d'un ensemble, par opposition à une partie prise isolément.

Word origin

French totalité comes from Latin totalitas, formed from totalis and ultimately totus, meaning whole or all.

Usage tips

  • The pattern is la totalité de followed by a noun, with de plus le becoming du and de plus les becoming des.

Other meanings

  • allpronoun

Opposites

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