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{{also|entièr}}
==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|entier}}. {{doublet|en|entire|integer}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The [[greatest]] [[integer]] not [[exceed]]ing the specified [[number]].
#* '''1992''', ''Stochastic and Chaotic Oscillations'' (translation of a 1987 work by Yu. I. Neimark), [[w:Kluwer Academic Publishers|Kluwer]], {{ISBN|0792315308}}, page 70&nbsp;[http://books.google.com/books?id=nDXojK82iHwC&pg=PA70&dq=entier]:
#*: Let the state of the system vary according to
#*:: <math>x_n=2x_{n-1}-\left[2x_{n-1}\right]</math>,
#*: where <math>[z]</math> is the '''entier''' of <math>z</math>.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|floor}}, {{l|en|integral}} [[part]] {{qualifier|both now more common}}

====Further reading====
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeinrt|entire|in-tree|nerite|triene}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|entier}}, inherited from {{inh|fr|la|integer|integrum}} (although modified with the {{m|fr|-ier}} suffix analogically). Compare the borrowed doublet {{doublet|fr|intègre|notext=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-entier.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[whole]]
#: {{ant|fr|brisé|rompu}}
#: {{uxi|fr|des biscuits '''entiers''' et des brisés|whole and broken biscuits}}
# {{lb|fr|arithmetic}} whole {{qualifier|of a number}}, integer
#: {{ant|fr|décimal|fractionnel}}
#: {{uxi|fr|un chiffre '''entier'''|a whole number}}
#: {{uxi|fr|une valeur '''entière'''|an integer value}}
# [[entire]], whole
#: {{ant|fr|partiel}}
#: {{uxi|fr|le monde '''entier''', la terre '''entière'''|the entire world, the whole world}}
# {{lb|fr|of bread}} [[wholemeal]] {{qualifier|UK}}, [[wholewheat]] {{qualifier|US}}
#: {{syn|fr|complet}}
#: {{ant|fr|blanc}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|à part entière
|entièrement
|lait entier
|nombre entier
|plein et entier
}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|mathematics}} [[integer]], [[whole number]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|entier naturel}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|inerte}}, {{l|fr|inerté}}, {{l|fr|rétine}}

{{C|fr|Numbers}}

==Old French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|integer|integer, integrum}}, modified with the suffix {{m|fro|-ier}}, probably by analogy with words like {{m|fro|premier}}, versus the phonetically expected {{m|fro||entir}}.

===Adjective===
{{fro-adj}}

# [[entire]]; [[whole]]

====Declension====
{{fro-decl-adj}}

====Derived terms====
* English: {{l|en|entire}} {{qualifier|through Anglo-Norman}}
* French: {{l|fr|entier}}