integer

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin integer (“untouched, unhurt, unchanged, sound, fresh, whole, entire, pure, honest”), from in + tangere (“to touch”); see tangere, tact.

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈɪn.tɪ.dʒə(ɹ)

• Audio (US)

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Noun

integer (plural integers)

1. (arithmetic) 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.

Hypernyms

• rational number

Hyponyms

• natural number

Related terms

• integrate
• integral
• integrity

Derived terms

• algebraic integer
• quadratic integer

Translations

integer

Arabic: عدد صحیح (ar) (3ádad SaHiiH) m. Armenian: ամբողջ թիվ (hy) (amboġǰ t’iv) Bulgarian: цяло число (bg) (cjálo čisló) n. Catalan: enter Chinese: Mandarin: 整數 (zh), 整数 (zh) (zhěngshù) Croatian: cijeli broj (hr) m. Czech: celé číslo (cs) n. Danish: heltal (da) n. Dutch: geheel getal (nl) n. Esperanto: entjero (eo) Estonian: täisarv (et) Finnish: kokonaisluku (fi) French: entier (fr) m., nombre entier (fr) German: ganze Zahl (de) f., Ganzzahl (de)

Greek: ακέραιος αριθμός (el) m. (akéraios arithmós) Hungarian: egész szám (hu) Italian: intero (it) m. Japanese: 整数 (ja) (せいすう, seisū) Macedonian: цел број (mk) (cel brój) m. Norwegian: heltall (no) n. Persian: عدد صحیح (fa) (adad-e sahih) Polish: liczba całkowita f. Portuguese: inteiro (pt) m. Romanian: întreg (ro) m. Russian: целое число (ru) (céloe čisló) n. Spanish: entero (es) Swedish: heltal (sv) Tajik: адади саҳеҳ (tg) Turkish: tam sayı (tr), adedimürettep (tr)

External links

• integer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• integer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• treeing

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• integere

Adjective

integer (comparative meer integer, superlative meest integer)

1. honest, trustworthy, having integrity

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

integer (comparative integrer, superlative am integersten)

1. with integrity, of integrity

Related terms

• Integrität

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Latin

Etymology

From in- (“negating prefix”) + root of tangō (“touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈin.te.ger/

Adjective

integer m. (feminine integra, neuter integrum); first/second declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	integer	integra	integrum		integrī	integrae	integra
genitive	integrī	integrae	integrī		integrōrum	integrārum	integrōrum
dative	integrō	integrae	integrō		integrīs	integrīs	integrīs
accusative	integrum	integram	integrum		integrōs	integrās	integra
ablative	integrō	integrā	integrō		integrīs	integrīs	integrīs
vocative	integer	integra	integrum		integrī	integrae	integra

Derived terms

integellus integrātiō integrātor integrē

integritās integritūdō integrō

Descendants

Catalan: enter English: entire, integer French: entier, intègre Friulian: intîr Italian: integro, intero

Portuguese: enteiro, íntegro, inteiro Romanian: integru, întreg Romansch: entir Sardinian: interu Spanish: entero, íntegro

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Limburgish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin integer

Adjective

integer (comparative integerder; superlatives: integers, predicate form 't integers)

1. friendly
2. complete, whole, intact

Usage notes

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

Inflection

	Masculine		Feminine		Neutral
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
nominative	integere	integer	integer	integer	integer	integer
genitive	integers	integerer	integerer	integerer	integers	integerer
locative	integeres	integeres	integeres	integeres	integeres	integeres
vocative²	integer	integer	integer	integer	integer	integer
dative¹	integere	integeren	integerer	integeren	integer	integeren
accusative¹	integere	integeren	integer	integer	integer	integeren

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
• Vocative only exists for about ten words.