altogether

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Completely, wholly, or without exception.
2. (not-comparable) On the whole; with everything considered.
3. (not-comparable) With everything included.
4. (informal, not-comparable) An intensifier: without doubt, clearly.

Noun

A state of nakedness. (Especially in the phrase in the altogether)

Conceptes

enterament

en total

completament

totalment

íntegrament

cent per cent

Sinònims

all

entirely

completely

wholly

in all

totally

absolutely

quite

utterly

fully

on the whole

together

at all

total

whole

everything

in total

thoroughly

all in all

overall

all told

perfectly

sheer

entire

in general

in full

generally

bodily

all the way

outright

all over

very

with that

in sum

totalling

through

on that note

raw

clear

particularly

specially

birthday suit

from A to Z

only

collectively

jointly

no more than

everyone

in toto

tout ensemble

Traduccions

complètement

totalmente

helemaal

completamente

tutto

volkomen

totalmente

completamente

completamente

enteramente

insgesamt

entièrement

interamente

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: altogeder

Cognat amb escocès: awthegither

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: alzegater

Cognat amb neerlandès: altegaar

Cognat amb anglès antic: ealġeador

Cognat amb frisó occidental: allegearre

In summary

From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together.
The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.