integer
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin integer (“untouched, unhurt, unchanged, sound, fresh, whole, entire, pure, honest”), from in + tangere (“to touch”). Doublet of entire. See tangere, tact.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭn'tĭjər, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tɨ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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Noun
integer (plural integers)
- (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
- float-to-integer
Translations
a number that is not a fraction
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Further reading
- integer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- integer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
integer (comparative integerder, superlative integerst)
- honest, trustworthy, having integrity
German
Pronunciation
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Declension
Positive forms of integer
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
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 |
Comparative forms of integer
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist integrer | sie ist integrer | es ist integrer | sie sind integrer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | integrerer | integrere | integreres | integrere |
genitive | integreren | integrerer | integreren | integrerer | |
dative | integrerem | integrerer | integrerem | integreren | |
accusative | integreren | integrere | integreres | integrere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der integrere | die integrere | das integrere | die integreren |
genitive | des integreren | der integreren | des integreren | der integreren | |
dative | dem integreren | der integreren | dem integreren | den integreren | |
accusative | den integreren | die integrere | das integrere | die integreren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein integrerer | eine integrere | ein integreres | (keine) integreren |
genitive | eines integreren | einer integreren | eines integreren | (keiner) integreren | |
dative | einem integreren | einer integreren | einem integreren | (keinen) integreren | |
accusative | einen integreren | eine integrere | ein integreres | (keine) integreren |
Superlative forms of integer
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am integersten | sie ist am integersten | es ist am integersten | sie sind am integersten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | integerster | integerste | integerstes | integerste |
genitive | integersten | integerster | integersten | integerster | |
dative | integerstem | integerster | integerstem | integersten | |
accusative | integersten | integerste | integerstes | integerste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der integerste | die integerste | das integerste | die integersten |
genitive | des integersten | der integersten | des integersten | der integersten | |
dative | dem integersten | der integersten | dem integersten | den integersten | |
accusative | den integersten | die integerste | das integerste | die integersten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein integerster | eine integerste | ein integerstes | (keine) integersten |
genitive | eines integersten | einer integersten | eines integersten | (keiner) integersten | |
dative | einem integersten | einer integersten | einem integersten | (keinen) integersten | |
accusative | einen integersten | eine integerste | ein integerstes | (keine) integersten |
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *entagros, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥th₂gros, from *teh₂g- (whence tangō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.te.ɡer/, [ˈɪn.tɛ.ɡɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.te.d͡ʒer/
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | 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 | integrīs | integrīs | |
Accusative | integrum | integram | integrum | integrōs | integrās | integra | |
Ablative | integrō | integrā | integrō | integrīs | integrīs | integrīs | |
Vocative | integer | integra | integrum | integrī | integrae | integra |
- comparative: integrior, superlative: integerrimus
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: ãntreg, ntreg
- Asturian: enteru
- → Asturian: integru
- Catalan: enter
- → Catalan: íntegre
- Dalmatian: intric
- → English: integer
- → French: intègre
- Friulian: intîr
- → Galician: íntegro
- → Italian: integro
- Italian: intero
- Asturian: ntier
- Occitan: entièr, entegre
- Old French: entier
- Old Portuguese: enteiro, enteyro
- Old Spanish: entero, entrego
- Spanish: entero
- → Old Spanish: entegro
- → Portuguese: íntegro
- Romanian: întreg
- → Romanian: integru
- Romansch: entir
- Sardinian: interu
- Sicilian: nteru
- → Spanish: íntegro
- Venetian: intier, intiero, intrego, intriego
References
- 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, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Limburgish
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
Declension of integer
number & gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
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