integer

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/ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/Canada, US[ˈɪn.tʰə.d͡ʒɚ]Canada, US[ˈɪn.ɾ̃ə.d͡ʒɚ]

noun

A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

Similar
whole numberwhen understood to include negative numbers and zerointegral number
OriginLatin integer ← Proto-Italic *n̥tagros →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nouninteger (plural integers or (rare) integri)

plural integers · plural rare integri

  1. arithmeticA number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

    God made the integers; all else is the work of man

    1886, Leopold Kronecker, speech to the Berliner Naturforscher-Versammlung

    Synonyms: whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero, integral number

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

Similar
whole numberwhen understood to include negative numbers and zerointegral number

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

Similar
whole number
Broader
number
Also see
integral numberwhole number

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*n̥tagros“untouched”
  2. Latininteger“whole”
  3. Englishinteger

Borrowed from Latin integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and entire. Related to English tact, thack, and thwack.

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Translations

Arabic عَدَد صَحِيح
  • عَدَد صَحِيح (ʕadad ṣaḥīḥ)a number that is not a fraction
Basque zenbaki oso
  • zenbaki osoa number that is not a fraction
Bengali পূর্ণ সংখ্যা
  • পূর্ণ সংখ্যা (purno śoṅkha)a number that is not a fraction
Bulgarian ця́ло число́
  • ця́ло число́ (cjálo čisló)a number that is not a fraction
Catalan enter
  • entera number that is not a fraction
Chinese Mandarin 整數 /整数
  • 整數 /整数 (zhěngshù)a number that is not a fraction
Czech celé číslo
  • celé čísloa number that is not a fraction
Danish heltal, helt tal
  • heltala number that is not a fraction
  • helt tala number that is not a fraction
Dutch geheel getal
  • geheel getala number that is not a fraction
Esperanto entjero
  • entjeroa number that is not a fraction
Estonian täisarv
  • täisarva number that is not a fraction
Finnish kokonaisluku
  • kokonaislukua number that is not a fraction
French entier, nombre entier
  • entiera number that is not a fraction
  • nombre entiera number that is not a fraction
  • entier relatifa number that is not a fraction
German ganze Zahl, Ganzzahl
  • ganze Zahla number that is not a fraction
  • Ganzzahla number that is not a fraction
Greek ακέραιος αριθμός, ακέραιος
  • ακέραιος αριθμός (akéraios arithmós)a number that is not a fraction
  • ακέραιος (akéraios)a number that is not a fraction
Hebrew שלם, מספר שלם
  • שלםa number that is not a fraction
  • מספר שלםa number that is not a fraction
Hindi पूर्णांक, पूर्ण संख्या
  • पूर्णांक (pūrṇāṅk)a number that is not a fraction
  • पूर्ण संख्या (pūrṇ saṅkhyā)a number that is not a fraction
Hungarian egész szám
  • egész száma number that is not a fraction
Indonesian bilangan bulat
  • bilangan bulata number that is not a fraction
Italian intero, numero intero
  • interoa number that is not a fraction
  • numero interoa number that is not a fraction
Japanese 整数
  • 整数 (seisū)a number that is not a fraction
Korean 정수
  • 정수 (jeongsu)a number that is not a fraction
Malay nombor bulat
  • nombor bulata number that is not a fraction
Māori tau tōpū, tauoti
  • tau tōpūa number that is not a fraction
  • tauotia number that is not a fraction
Norwegian Bokmål heltall
  • heltalla number that is not a fraction
Persian عدد صحیح
  • عدد صحیح ('adad-e sahih)a number that is not a fraction
Polish liczba całkowita
  • liczba całkowitaa number that is not a fraction
Portuguese inteiro
  • inteiroa number that is not a fraction
Romanian întreg, număr întreg
  • întrega number that is not a fraction
  • număr întrega number that is not a fraction
Russian це́лое число́, це́лое
  • це́лое число́ (céloje čisló)a number that is not a fraction
  • це́лое (céloje)a number that is not a fraction
Spanish entero
  • enteroa number that is not a fraction
Swedish heltal
  • heltala number that is not a fraction
Tagalog buumbilang
  • buumbilanga number that is not a fraction
Turkish tam sayı, adedimürettep
  • tam sayıa number that is not a fraction
  • adedimürettepa number that is not a fraction
Vietnamese số nguyên
  • số nguyêna number that is not a fraction
Welsh cyfanrif
  • cyfanrifa number that is not a fraction

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APA

integer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integer

MLA

“integer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “integer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/integer.

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