Is « total » masculine or feminine?
« total » is masculine. You say le total.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le total |
| With the indefinite article | un total |
| With the partitive article | du total |
Plural
The plural is totaux (les totaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
total ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so total follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le total inclut les taxes.
The total includes tax. -
Le total s'élève à trente-trois dollars trente-trois.
The total comes to $33.33. -
Deux dés classiques comptent un total de quarante-deux points.
Two standard dice have a total of 42 pips.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « total » masculine or feminine?
« total » is masculine. You say le total.
Is it « la total » or « le total »?
It is « le total ». « la total » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.