integer

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and entire. Related to English tact, thack, and thwack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): [ˈɪn.tʰə.d͡ʒɚ], [ˈɪn.ɾ̃ə.d͡ʒɚ]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /inˈʈiːd͡ʒa(ɾ)/

Noun

integer (plural integers)

1. (arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

Synonyms

• whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.
• integral number

Hypernyms

• rational number
  • real number
• Gaussian integer
  • quadratic integer
    • algebraic integer
      • algebraic number

Hyponyms

• natural number
• zero

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “integer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “integer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

References

• integer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• greetin', teering, treeing

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

integer (comparative integerder, superlative integerst)

1. honest, trustworthy, having integrity

Declension

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

integer (strong nominative masculine singular integerer, comparative integrer, superlative am integersten)

1. with integrity, of integrity

Declension

Related terms

• Integrität

Further reading

• “integer” in Duden online
• “integer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”), from *teh₂g- (“to touch”), whence Latin tangō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.te.ɡer/, [ˈɪn̪t̪ɛɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.te.d͡ʒer/, [ˈin̪t̪ed͡ʒer]

Adjective

integer (feminine integra, neuter integrum, comparative integrior, superlative integerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. complete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthy

   Synonyms: incolumis, validus, sanus, salvus, saluber, sospes, intactus, sollus, innoxius

   Antonyms: aeger, miser, affectus, fessus, īnfirmus, languidus

   ab/de/ex integro ― from the start again, from the beginning

   ad integrum ― completely, at all

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭntĕger”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 734
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Further reading

• “integer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “integer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• integer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• integer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• énnteeger (Eupen)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin integer.

Adjective

integer (comparative integerder, superlative integers, predicative superlative 't integers)

1. friendly
2. complete, whole, intact

Usage notes

Unlike in Dutch, it is not used in the meaning of honest or trustworthy.

Inflection