Borrowed from Latin integer, from in + tangere ("to touch").

• • (RP, Australia) IPA: /ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • (America, Canada) IPA: /ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒɚ/, [ˈɪn.tʰɪ.d͡ʒɚ], [ˈɪn.ɾ̃ɪ.d͡ʒɚ]

integer (plural integers)

1. (arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
   • 1886, Leopold Kronecker, speech to the Berliner Naturforscher-Versammlung:

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

• whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.
• integral number

• French: entier, nombre entier, entier relatif
• German: ganze Zahl, Ganzzahl
• Italian: intero, numero intero
• Portuguese: inteiro
• Russian: це́лое число́
• Spanish: entero