intact

From Middle French intact, from Latin intactus.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtækt/

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• Rhymes: -ækt

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

• (uncircumcised): see also Thesaurus:uncircumcised.

Borrowed from Latin intāctus.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.takt/

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

1. intact
2. unspoiled, unbroken

• “intact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French intact and Latin intactus.

• IPA^(key): /inˈtakt/

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

1. intact