entier

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See also: entièr

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French entier. Doublet of entire and integer.

Noun

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entier (plural entiers)

  1. The greatest integer not exceeding the specified number.
    • 1992, Stochastic and Chaotic Oscillations (translation of a 1987 work by Yu. I. Neimark), Kluwer, →ISBN, page 70 [1]:
      Let the state of the system vary according to
      ,
      where is the entier of .

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French entier, inherited from Latin integrum (although modified with the -ier suffix analogically). Compare the borrowed doublet intègre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tje/
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Adjective

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entier (feminine entière, masculine plural entiers, feminine plural entières)

  1. whole
    Antonyms: brisé, rompu
    des biscuits entiers et des briséswhole and broken biscuits
  2. (arithmetic) whole (of a number), integer
    Antonyms: décimal, fractionnel
    un chiffre entiera whole number
    une valeur entièrean integer value
  3. entire, whole
    Antonym: partiel
    le monde entier, la terre entièrethe entire world, the whole world
  4. (of bread) wholemeal (UK), wholewheat (US)
    Synonym: complet
    Antonym: blanc

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Noun

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entier m (plural entiers)

  1. (mathematics) integer, whole number

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin integer, integrum, modified with the suffix -ier, probably by analogy with words like premier, versus the phonetically expected entir.

Adjective

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entier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular entiere)

  1. entire; whole

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