noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Canada, US:[ˈɪn.thə.d͡ʒɚ]
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noun
Meaning 1
A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arithmetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an integer is a number that is not a fraction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whole number
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: number
Narrower terms: characteristic, divisor, factor, common multiple, modulus, digit, figure, large integer, double digit, population
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and entire. Related to English tact, thack, and thwack.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَدَد صَحِيح
(ʕadad ṣaḥīḥ)
— a number that is not a fraction
Armenian:
ամբողջ թիվ
(amboġǰ tʻiv)
— a number that is not a fraction
Azerbaijani:
tam ədəd
— a number that is not a fraction
Bashkir:
бөтөн һан
(bötön han)
— a number that is not a fraction
Basque:
zenbaki oso
— a number that is not a fraction
Belarusian:
цэ́лы лік
(cély lik)
— a number that is not a fraction
Bulgarian:
ця́ло число́
(cjálo čisló)
— a number that is not a fraction
Catalan:
enter
— a number that is not a fraction
Chinese Mandarin:
整數 /整数
(zhěngshù)
— a number that is not a fraction
Cornish:
kowlniver
— a number that is not a fraction
Czech:
celé číslo
— a number that is not a fraction
Danish:
heltal
— a number that is not a fraction
Danish:
helt tal
— a number that is not a fraction
Dutch:
geheel getal
— a number that is not a fraction
Esperanto:
entjero
— a number that is not a fraction
Estonian:
täisarv
— a number that is not a fraction
Finnish:
kokonaisluku
— a number that is not a fraction
French:
entier
— a number that is not a fraction
French:
nombre entier
— a number that is not a fraction
French:
entier relatif
— a number that is not a fraction
Galician:
enteiro
— a number that is not a fraction
German:
ganze Zahl
— a number that is not a fraction
German:
Ganzzahl
— a number that is not a fraction
Greek:
ακέραιος αριθμός
(akéraios arithmós)
— a number that is not a fraction
Greek:
ακέραιος
(akéraios)
— a number that is not a fraction
Hebrew:
שלם
— a number that is not a fraction
Hebrew:
מספר שלם
— a number that is not a fraction
Hindi:
पूर्णांक
(pūrṇāṅk)
— a number that is not a fraction
Hindi:
पूर्ण संख्या
(pūrṇ saṅkhyā)
— a number that is not a fraction
Hungarian:
egész szám
— a number that is not a fraction
Ido:
integro
— a number that is not a fraction
Indonesian:
bilangan bulat
— a number that is not a fraction
Italian:
intero
— a number that is not a fraction
Italian:
numero intero
— a number that is not a fraction
Japanese:
整数
(seisū)
— a number that is not a fraction
Javanese:
cacah wutuh
— a number that is not a fraction
Kazakh:
бүтін сан
(bütın san)
— a number that is not a fraction
Khmer:
ចំនួនគត់
(cɑmnuən kŭət)
— a number that is not a fraction
Korean:
정수
(jeongsu)
— a number that is not a fraction
Macedonian:
цел бро́ј
(cel brój)
— a number that is not a fraction
Malay:
nombor bulat
— a number that is not a fraction
Māori:
tau tōpū
— a number that is not a fraction
Māori:
tauoti
— a number that is not a fraction
Marathi:
पूर्णांक
(pūrṇāṅka)
— a number that is not a fraction
Marathi:
पूर्णांक संख्या
(pūrṇāṅka saṅkhyā)
— a number that is not a fraction
Norwegian Bokmål:
heltall
— a number that is not a fraction
Norwegian Nynorsk:
heiltal
— a number that is not a fraction
Persian:
عدد صحیح
('adad-e sahih)
— a number that is not a fraction
Polish:
liczba całkowita
— a number that is not a fraction
Portuguese:
inteiro
— a number that is not a fraction
Romanian:
întreg
— a number that is not a fraction
Romanian:
număr întreg
— a number that is not a fraction
Russian:
це́лое число́
(céloje čisló)
— a number that is not a fraction
Russian:
це́лое
(céloje)
— a number that is not a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
ције̑лӣ бро̑ј
— a number that is not a fraction
Serbo-Croatian:
cijȇlī brȏj
— a number that is not a fraction
Spanish:
entero
— a number that is not a fraction
Sundanese:
ᮝᮤᮜᮍᮔ᮪ ᮘᮥᮜᮩᮓ᮪
(wilangan buleud)
— a number that is not a fraction
Swedish:
heltal
— a number that is not a fraction
Tagalog:
buumbilang
— a number that is not a fraction
Tajik:
адади саҳеҳ
(adad-i saheh)
— a number that is not a fraction
Turkish:
tam sayı
— a number that is not a fraction
Turkish:
adedimürettep
— a number that is not a fraction
Uyghur:
پۈتۈن سان
(pütün san)
— a number that is not a fraction
Vietnamese:
số nguyên
— a number that is not a fraction
Welsh:
cyfanrif
— a number that is not a fraction
Zhuang:
cingjsoq
— a number that is not a fraction
