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entier

French, noun/ɑ̃.tje/

entier is spelled E-N-T-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entier is a French masculine noun meaning “integer, whole number” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toutes les parties de quelque chose ou quelqu’un”.

What does entier mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    whole

    des biscuits entiers et des brisés

  2. 2

    whole (of a number), integer

    un chiffre entier

  3. 3

    entire, whole

    le monde entier, la terre entière

  4. 4

    wholemeal (UK), wholewheat (US)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineinteger, whole number

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a toutes ses parties, ou que l’on considère dans toute son étendue. 2. Se dit des nombres composés d’une ou plusieurs unités. 3. se dit d’un élément de plante (pétale ou feuille) qui n’a aucune découpure sur ses bords. 4. Qui n’a subi aucune altération.

noun: 1. Toutes les parties de quelque chose ou quelqu’un. 2. Nombre entier. 3. Cheval qui n’a pas été châtré.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of entier

  • entière feminine
  • entiers masculine plural
  • entières feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entier?

  • /ɑ̃.tje/
  • \ɑ̃.tje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to entier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is entier in French?

entier appears 55 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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