intact

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See also: in tact

English

Etymology

From Middle French intact, from Latin intactus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈtækt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Adjective

intact (not comparable)

  1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.
    I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.
    • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
      But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
    • 1975, Clifford Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock (film):
      She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.
  2. Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull.
  3. Uncircumcised; commonly used by intactivists to describe a penis with a foreskin or a person whose penis has a foreskin.

Synonyms

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Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intāctus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intact (feminine intacte, masculine plural intacts, feminine plural intactes)

  1. intact
  2. unspoiled, unbroken

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intact and Latin intactus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intact m or n (feminine singular intactă, masculine plural intacți, feminine and neuter plural intacte)

  1. intact

Declension