entire English · revision 2591

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-14th century|origins=la integer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪnˈtaɪə/, US /enˈtaɪ.ɚ/, /ɪn-/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|enter]], also entier, [[bor|xno|enter]], Old French [[m|fro|entier|t=whole, unbroken, complete]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|integrum]], the neuter of [[m|la|integer|t=whole, untouched]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and the root of [[m|la|tangere|t=to touch]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(COED 2004) It is a doublet of [[integer]].^(Barnhart 1988) Klein explains the Old French form entier, beside the regular entir, by the substitution of the suffix -ier.^(Klein 1966) Barnhart also allows that it may be a back-formation from [[entirety]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of things, “whole, intact”: the mid-14th century,^(Etymonline) before 1400 in the OED,^(OED 1989) or about 1390 in Barnhart, as entere, “whole; sincere, pure”.^(Barnhart 1988) The spelling ''entire'' is from 1449.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Complete, including all its parts” is from about 1430,^(OED 1989) and of a feeling or action, “thorough, unreserved”, from about 1400.^(OED 1989) Of a person's reputation, “free from reproach”, it was used from 1587 to 1779.^(HTOED) Of a male animal, “not castrated”, it is from 1799,^(OED 1989) and the noun ''entire'', an uncastrated horse, follows from this.^(AHD) In the 18th century ''entire'' was the name of a kind of malt liquor like porter, from 1742.^(OED 1989) The noun “the whole” is from 1597.^(MWU 2024)^(HTOED) A verb, “to make whole, unite”, was used in the 17th century.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-14th century – whole, intact.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1390 – ''entere''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1430 – complete.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1449 – the spelling ''entire''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1597 – the noun, the whole.^(MWU 2024)^(HTOED)

+ * 1742 – a malt liquor.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1799 – not castrated.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having no part left out; [[whole]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # Without reservation; complete: ''entire agreement''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # In one piece; intact.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Of a male animal, not [[castrate|alt=castrated]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(botany)'' Of a leaf, having a smooth, uncut edge.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The whole.^(AHD)^(HTOED)

+ # An uncastrated horse; a [[stallion]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[entireness]]

+ * [[entirely]]

+ * [[subentire]]

+ * [[entirety]]

+ * [[entire function]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[integrity]]

+ * [[integrate]]

+ * [[integer]]

+ * [[tangent]]

+ * [[intact]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In north Lincolnshire and Somerset dialect ''entire'', also written ''intire'', meant “independent, retired, living on private means”.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}