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Complete Definition of "whole"

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English

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Etymology
OE. hal|hāl. Cognate with German heil, Dutch heel.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) hōl, /həʊl/, /h@Ul/
audio|en-us-whole.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: hole,uwole
(General American|US) hōl, /hoʊl/, /hoUl/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊl|-əʊl

Adjective
en-adj

  1. entire.

#:I ate a whole fish.

  1. sound, uninjured, healthy.

Translations
trans-top|entire
Czech: celý m
Danish: hel
Finnish: koko, kokonainen
trans-mid
Japanese: 全体の (ぜんたいの, zentai no)
Polish: cały m, cała f, całe n
Russian: целый (célyj), полный (pólnyj)
Slovene: cel m, cela f, celo n
Swedish: hel
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checktrans-top|
ttbc|Albanian: tërë
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|كل (kull), ARchar|كامل (kámil)
ttbc|Basque: oso
ttbc|Catalan: tot
ttbc|Chinese: 整個, 整个 (zhěnggè)
ttbc|Croatian: cio, cijel
ttbc|Dutch: heel#Dutch|heel
ttbc|French: entier
ttbc|German: ganz
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ttbc|Hungarian: egész
ttbc|Icelandic: heill
ttbc|Italian: intero
ttbc|Korean: 전 (jeon)
ttbc|Portuguese: inteiro
ttbc|Slovak: celý
ttbc|Spanish: entero
ttbc|Cebuano: entero
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Adverb
en-adv

  1. colloquial in entirety; entirely; wholly

#:I ate a fish whole!

Translations
trans-top|colloquial: in entirety
Finnish: kokonaan, täysin
German: ganz
trans-mid
Japanese: 全体を (zentai wo)
Polish: całkowicie
Russian: целиком (celikóm), полностью (pólnost'ju)
Swedish: helt
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Noun
en-noun

  1. Something complete, without any parts missing.
  2. An entirety.

Translations
trans-top|something complete
Czech: celek m
Danish: hele n, helhed c
German: Ganze n
Italian: tutto m
trans-mid
Japanese: 全体 (zentai)
Russian: целое (céloje) n
Slovene: celota f
Swedish: helhet c
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Derived terms
wholemeal
wholesome

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