integer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

whole number

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