intact

See also: in tact

English

Etymology

From Middle French intact, from Latin intactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtækt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækt

Adjective

intact (comparative more intact, superlative most intact)

1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.

   I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.

2. (of female persons) Virginal, having an intact hymen.
   • 1975, Clifford Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock (film):

     She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.

3. (usually of male persons, especially used by intactivists) Uncircumcised, having an intact foreskin.
   • 1985 August 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 13:

     GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.

4. (usually of animals) Not castrated.

   an intact bull

Synonyms

• (uncircumcised): see also Thesaurus:uncircumcised.

Derived terms

• intact dilation and evacuation
• intact dilation and extraction
• intactivism
• intactly
• intactness
• nonintact

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (2 c, 0 e)

Translations

untouched

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Asturian: intautu Azerbaijani: bütöv (az) Bashkir: бөтөн (bötön), иҫән (iśən) Bulgarian: непокътнат (bg) (nepokǎtnat), незасегнат (bg) (nezasegnat) Catalan: intacte (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 未受损的, 未经触动的, 完整的 Danish: intakt Dutch: intact (nl) Esperanto: intakta Finnish: ehjä (fi), koskematon (fi), intakti French: intact (fr) Galician: intacto German: intakt (de) Greek: άθικτος (el) (áthiktos) Indonesian: intak Italian: intatto (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Latin: intactus, integer Maori: houkura Norwegian: Bokmål: intakt Nynorsk: intakt Occitan: intacte (oc) Polish: nienaruszony (pl), cały (pl) Portuguese: intacto (pt), intato (pt) Romanian: intact (ro) Russian: невреди́мый (ru) (nevredímyj) Spanish: intacto (es) Sundanese: weuteuh Swedish: intakt (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: bütün; dokunulmamış; zarar görmemiş; sağlam

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French intact, from Latin intāctus (“untouched”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑkt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑkt

Adjective

intact (not comparable)

1. intact

   Synonym: heel

Declension

Declension of intact
uninflected	intact
inflected	intacte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		intact
indefinite	m./f. sing.	intacte
	n. sing.	intact
	plural	intacte
definite		intacte
partitive		intacts

Derived terms

• intactheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: intak

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “intact”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intāctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.takt/

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Adjective

intact (feminine intacte, masculine plural intacts, feminine plural intactes)

1. intact
2. unspoiled, unbroken

Descendants

• → Dutch: intact
  • Afrikaans: intak

Further reading

• “intact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intact and Latin intactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtakt/

Adjective

intact m or n (feminine singular intactă, masculine plural intacți, feminine and neuter plural intacte)

1. intact

Declension

Declension of intact

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intact		intactă		intacți	intacte
	definite	intactul		intacta		intacții	intactele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intact		intacte		intacți	intacte
	definite	intactului		intactei		intacților	intactelor