Definition/Meaning of whole

• English - Adjective: whole ( comparative more whole , superlative most whole ) Entire . I ate a whole fish . 1661 , John Fell , The Life of the most learned , reverend and pious Dr . H . Hammond During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all…
• English - Adverb: whole ( comparative more whole , superlative most whole ) ( colloquial ) In entirety; entirely; wholly . I ate a fish whole ! Translations
• English - Noun: whole ( plural wholes ) Something complete , without any parts missing . An entirety . Meronyms part Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English hool ( “ healthy , unhurt , whole ” ), from Old English hāl ( “ healthy , safe ” ), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz ( “ whole , safe , sound ” ) (compare West Frisian hiel , Low German heel / heil , Dutch heel , German heil , Danish hel ), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus ( “ healthy , whole ” ) (compare Welsh coel ( “ omen ” ), Breton kel ( “ omen , mention ” ), Old Prussian…
• English - Pronunciation: ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key) : /həʊl/ , [həʊɫ] , /hɒʊl/ , [hɒʊɫ] ( US ) IPA (key) : /hoʊl/ , [hoʊɫ] Homophones: hole , uwole Rhymes: -əʊl