integer

/ˈɪntədʒə/IN-tuh-jur
/ˈɪntədʒɚ/IN-tuh-jur

Meaningwhole

Common meaning: a whole number

Journey through time

  1. Latininteger, -gra, -grum‘untouched, whole, intact’
  2. Englishinteger‘a whole number’ · today

integ also in: integrateintegrityentire

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin integer ‘untouched, whole, intact’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry integer, p. 987 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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