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intact

adj · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɪnˈtækt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ækt
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T AE1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Virginal; having an intact hymen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: chiefly intactivism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not castrated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an intact bull

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged- Bacon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a local motion keepeth bodies integral
  • was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
  • fought to keep the union intact

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: integral, entire

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

undamaged in any way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the vase remained intact despit rough handling

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was intact, virginal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inviolate

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

(used of domestic animals) sexually competent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an entire horse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entire

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French intact, from Latin intact(us).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: e pa prekur — untouched
  • Asturian: intautu — untouched
  • Azerbaijani: bütöv — untouched
  • Bashkir: бөтөн (bötön) — untouched
  • Bashkir: иҫән (iśən) — untouched
  • Bulgarian: непокътнат (nepokǎtnat) — untouched
  • Bulgarian: незасегнат (nezasegnat) — untouched
  • Catalan: intacte — untouched
  • Chinese Mandarin: 未受损的 — untouched
  • Chinese Mandarin: 未经触动的 — untouched
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完整的 — untouched
  • Danish: intakt — untouched
  • Dutch: intact — untouched
  • Esperanto: intakta — untouched
  • Finnish: ehjä — untouched
  • Finnish: koskematon — untouched
  • Finnish: intakti — untouched
  • French: intact — untouched
  • Galician: intacto — untouched
  • German: intakt — untouched
  • Greek: άθικτος (áthiktos) — untouched
  • Indonesian: intak — untouched
  • Italian: intatto — untouched
  • Latin: intactus — untouched
  • Latin: integer — untouched
  • Māori: houkura — untouched
  • Norwegian Bokmål: intakt — untouched
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: intakt — untouched
  • Occitan: intacte — untouched
  • Polish: nienaruszony — untouched
  • Polish: cały — untouched
  • Portuguese: intacto — untouched
  • Portuguese: intato — untouched
  • Romanian: intact — untouched
  • Russian: невреди́мый (nevredímyj) — untouched
  • Spanish: intacto — untouched
  • Sundanese: weuteuh — untouched
  • Swedish: intakt — untouched
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