integer
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]
Audio (US): (file)
- (Indic) IPA(key): /inˈʈiːd͡ʒa(ɾ)/
Noun
integer (plural integers or (rare) integri)
- (arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
- 1886, Leopold Kronecker, speech to the Berliner Naturforscher-Versammlung:
Synonyms
- whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.
- integral number
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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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
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
integer (comparative integerder, superlative integerst)
- honest, trustworthy, having integrity
Declension
Declension of integer | ||||
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uninflected | integer | |||
inflected | integere | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | integer | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | integere | ||
n. sing. | integer | |||
plural | integere | |||
definite | integere | |||
partitive | integers |
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file)
Adjective
integer (strong nominative masculine singular integerer, comparative integrer, superlative am integersten)
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist integer | sie ist integer | es ist integer | sie sind integer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | integerer | integere | integeres | integere |
genitive | integeren | integerer | integeren | integerer | |
dative | integerem | integerer | integerem | integeren | |
accusative | integeren | integere | integeres | integere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der integere | die integere | das integere | die integeren |
genitive | des integeren | der integeren | des integeren | der integeren | |
dative | dem integeren | der integeren | dem integeren | den integeren | |
accusative | den integeren | die integere | das integere | die integeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein integerer | eine integere | ein integeres | (keine) integeren |
genitive | eines integeren | einer integeren | eines integeren | (keiner) integeren | |
dative | einem integeren | einer integeren | einem integeren | (keinen) integeren | |
accusative | einen integeren | eine integere | ein integeres | (keine) integeren |
Related terms
Further reading
Latin
10 | ||||
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2 → [a], [b] | 10 → | ||
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Cardinal: ūnus Ordinal: prīmus Adverbial: semel Proportional: simplus Multiplier: simplex Distributive: singulus Collective: ūniō Fractional: integer |
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”), from *teh₂g- (“to touch”), whence Latin tangō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.tɛ.ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin̪.t̪e.d͡ʒer]
Adjective
integer (feminine integra, neuter integrum, comparative integrior, superlative integerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | integer | integra | integrum | integrī | integrae | integra | |
genitive | integrī | integrae | integrī | integrōrum | integrārum | integrōrum | |
dative | integrō | integrae | integrō | integrīs | |||
accusative | integrum | integram | integrum | integrōs | integrās | integra | |
ablative | integrō | integrā | integrō | integrīs | |||
vocative | integer | integra | integrum | integrī | integrae | integra |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: interu, intreu (medieval)
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings:
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.
- sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
- it is no longer in my power: mihi non est integrum, ut...
- to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself: integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare
- to reinstate a person in his right: aliquem in integrum (vid. sect. V. 4, note The proper...) restituere
- an impartial witness: testis incorruptus atque integer
- to send fresh troops to take the place of those wearied with fighting: integros defatigatis summittere
- fresh troops relieve the tired men: integri et recentes defatigatis succedunt
- (ambiguous) to be in the prime of life: integra aetate esse
- (ambiguous) the matter is still undecided; it is an open question: res integra est
- (ambiguous) I have not yet committed myself: res mihi integra est
- sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
- integer in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
integer (comparative integerder, superlative integers, predicative superlative 't integers)
Usage notes
Unlike in Dutch, it is not used in the meaning of honest or trustworthy.
Inflection
number & gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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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 |
vocative1 | integer | |||||
dative2 | integere | integeren | integerer | integeren | integer | integeren |
accusative2 | integere | integeren | integer | integer | integer | integeren |
1Limited to a few fossilized forms. | ||||||
2Nowadays obsolete, use the nominative instead. |