"entire, whole" in seven languages
Meaningentire, whole
Spanish
entero
/enˈteɾo/
inherited
French
entier
/ɑ̃tje/
inherited
fem.: entière
Italian
intero
/inˈtero/
inherited
Portuguese
inteiro
/ĩˈtejɾu/
inherited
Romanian
întreg
/ɨnˈtreɡ/
inherited
fem.: întreagă
Catalan
sencer
/sənˈse/
other source · Latin SINCĒRUM 'pure, unmixed'
Catalan enter exists but sounds bookish; sencer is the everyday 'whole'.
English
entire
/ɪnˈtaɪɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French entier
English → Italianentire, wholeinteroCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTEGRUM‘untouched, intact, whole’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spoken Latin lost the g of INTEGRUM in all three sisters; the learned doublets keep it: íntegro, intègre, integro mean 'upright, honest'.
English relatives: integer, integral, integrity, entire
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In a sentence
- esPasé el día entero en casa.
- frJ'ai passé la journée entière à la maison.
- itHo passato l'intera giornata a casa.
- ptPassei o dia inteiro em casa.
- roAm stat acasă o zi întreagă.
- caVaig passar el dia sencer a casa.
- enI spent the entire day at home.