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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??st/
• (General American) enPR: f?rst, IPA^(key): /f?st/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /f?rst/, /f?rst/
• Hyphenation: first
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Etymology 1

From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore +? -est. Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).

Alternative forms

• 1st, Ist; I, I. (in names of monarchs and popes)
• firste (archaic)
• fyrst, fyrste (obsolete)

Adjective

first (not comparable)

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

   Hancock was first to arrive.

2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
   • 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE

     THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.

Related terms

• for
• fore

Translations

Adverb

first (not comparable)

1. Before anything else; firstly.
2. For the first time;

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:firstly

Translations

Noun

first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)

1. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

2. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
3. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.

4. (countable, baseball) first base

5. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
6. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
7. A fraction of an integer ending in one.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• primary
• primus inter pares

Etymology 2

From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frest? (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.

Noun

first (plural firsts)

1. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

References

• first at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French integral, from Medieval Latin integr?lis, from Latin integer (“entire”); see integer.

Pronunciation

• Noun
• (UK) enPR: ?n?t?-gr?l, IPA^(key): /??nt????l/
• (US) enPR: ?n?t?-gr?l, IPA^(key): /??nt????l/
• Adjective

Dictionaries give the same pronunciation as for the noun, but the adjective is often pronounced with the accent on the second syllable:

• (UK, US) enPR: ?n-t?g?r?l, IPA^(key): /?n?t????l/

Adjective

integral (comparative more integral, superlative most integral)

1. Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable

   • Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.

   Synonyms: immanent, inherent, necessary; see also Thesaurus:intrinsic

2. (mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
3. (mathematics) Relating to integration.
4. (obsolete) Whole; undamaged.

Derived terms

Related terms

• integer
• integrity
• integrous (very rare)

Translations

Noun

integral (plural integrals)

1. (mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.

2. (mathematics) A definite integral, a limit of sums.
3. (mathematics) Antiderivative

   Synonyms: antiderivative, indefinite integral, ?

   Antonym: derivative

Derived terms

Related terms

• integer

Translations

Anagrams

• Triangle, alerting, altering, relating, tanglier, teraglin, triangle

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integr?lis, from Latin integer.

Adjective

integral (masculine and feminine plural integrals)

1. integral

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integr?lis, from Latin integer.

Adjective

integral m (feminine singular integrale, masculine plural integraux, feminine plural integrales)

1. integral, necessary to the function of the whole
2. whole; entire

Descendants

• French: intégral

References

• integral on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integr?lis, from Latin integer (“entire; untouched”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.t?e.???aw/
• Hyphenation: in?te?gral

Adjective

integral m or f (plural integrais, comparable)

1. integral; whole; entire
2. (of food) whole (from which none of its constituents has been removed)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:integral.

Synonyms

• (whole): completo, íntegro, inteiro, intacto, total

Derived terms

• integralmente

Noun

integral f or m (in variation) (plural integrais)

1. (mathematics) integral (limits of sums)
2. (mathematics) antiderivative

   Synonym: antiderivada

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:integral.

Related terms

Further reading

• “integral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intégral, Medieval Latin integr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.te??ral/

Adjective

integral m or n (feminine singular integral?, masculine plural integrali, feminine and neuter plural integrale)

1. integral

   Synonyms: întreg, complet

Declension

Related terms

• integru

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integr?lis, from Latin integer (“entire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inte???al/, [?n?.t?e????al]

Adjective

integral (plural integrales)

1. integral
2. whole
3. brown (rice)
4. wholegrain

Derived terms

Related terms

• íntegro

Noun

integral f (plural integrales)|integrales

1. (mathematics) integral

Further reading

• “integral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt???ra?l/

Noun

integral c

1. (mathematics) integral

Declension

Anagrams

• triangel

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French intégral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in.t??.??al?]

Noun

integral (definite accusative integrali, plural integraller)

1. (mathematics) integral

   ${\displaystyle \int _{a}^{b}\!f(x)\,dx\,}$

Declension