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)/
  • (file)

Noun

integer (plural integers)

  1. (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:
      God made the integers; all else is the work of man.

Synonyms

  • whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.
  • integral number

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • float-to-integer

Translations

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.

References

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

integer (comparative integerder, superlative integerst)

  1. honest, trustworthy, having integrity

Inflection

Inflection of integer
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

  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective

integer (comparative integrer, superlative am integersten)

  1. with integrity, of integrity

Declension

Further reading


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *entagros, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥th₂gros, from *teh₂g- (whence tangō).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
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

Derived terms

Descendants

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
  • integer in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Limburgish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin integer.

Adjective

integer (comparative integerder, superlative integers, predicative superlative 't integers)

  1. friendly
  2. complete, whole, intact

Usage notes

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

Inflection

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