integer

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn'tĭjər, IPA: /ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

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

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