entire

English

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Alternative forms

• intire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer, from in- (“not”) + tangō (“touch”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪə/, /ɛnˈtaɪə/, X-SAMPA: /In"taI@/, /En"taI@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪɚ/, /ɛnˈtaɪɚ/, X-SAMPA: /In"taI@`/, /En"taI@`/

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Adjective

entire (not comparable)

1. (sometimes postpositive) whole; complete

   We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.

2. (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
3. (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
4. (of a male animal) Not gelded.

Translations

whole

• Armenian: ամբողջ (hy) (amboġǰ), ողջ (hy) (oġǰ), (colloquial, dialectal) սաղ (hy) (saġ)
• Asturian: enteru (ast)
• Belarusian: цэлы (be) (cély), ўвесь (be) (ŭvjésʹ), поўны (be) (póŭny)
• Bulgarian: цял (bg) (cjal), непокътнат (bg) (nepokǎ̀tnat)
• Catalan: enter (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全部的 (cmn) (quánbù de), 整個 (cmn), 整个 (cmn) (zhěnggè), 完全 (cmn) (wánquán)

• Czech: celý (cs) m
• Ewe: blibo
• Finnish: koko (fi)
• French: entier (fr) m, entière (fr) f
• Galician: enteiro (gl)
• German: ganz (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls), 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls)
• Italian: intero (it) m, intera (it) f
• Japanese: 全部の (ja) (ぜんぶの, zenbu no), 全体の (ja) (ぜんたいの, zentai no)
• Jèrriais: entchi
• Korean: 전부의 (ko) (jeonbu-ui)

• Latin: integer (la)
• Neapolitan: sano
• Polish: cały (pl)
• Portuguese: inteiro (pt)
• Romanian: întreg (ro)
• Russian: целый (ru) (célyj), весь (ru) (vesʹ), полный (ru) (pólnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: buileach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цео (sh), цијел (sh)

  Roman: ceo (sh), cijel (sh)

• Slovak: celý (sk)
• Spanish: entero (es)
• Swedish: hel (sv)
• Telugu: మొత్తము (te) (mottamu)
• Turkish: bütün (tr), tam (tr), yekpare (tr)
• Ukrainian: цілий (uk) (cílyj), весь (uk) (vesʹ), повний (uk) (póvnyj)
• Vietnamese: toàn bộ (vi), toàn thể (vi), hoàn toàn (vi)
• Volapük: lölik (vo)

with a smooth margin

complex-differentiable everywhere

Derived terms

• entirety

Noun

entire (plural entires)

1. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
   • 2005, He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. — James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
2. (philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

Translations

stallion — see stallion

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