whole

Meaning

Adj

1. Entire, undivided.
2. Entire, undivided.
3. Sound, uninjured, healthy.
4. From which none of its constituents has been removed.
5. As yet unworked.

Adv

In entirety; entirely; wholly.

Noun

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

Synonyms

entire

all

complete

total

full

overall

intact

perfect

entirely

unbroken

entirety

totality

every

🔁

completely

healthy

⚕️

aggregate

wholly

integral

gross

totally

sum

everything

altogether

undamaged

finished

sound

🔉

every one

well

undivided

unhurt

unit

solid

unimpaired

integer

hale

entireness

unharmed

as a whole

𐐸𐐬𐑊

unscathed

universal

general

the whole

thorough

unanimous

alive

set

completeness

amount

similar

Translations

entier

ganz

entero

intero

tutto

tout

todo

Ganze

totalité

ensemble

geheel

completo

inteiro

heel

totale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hole

Inherited from Old English: hāl

Cognate with Western Frisian: hiel

Cognate with Low German: heel

Cognate with Dutch: heel

Cognate with German: heil

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: hel

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: heil

Cognate with Welsh: coel

Cognate with Breton: kel

Cognate with Prussian: kails

Cognate with Church Slavic: цѣлъ

In summary

From Middle English hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).
The spelling with wh-, introduced in the 15th century, represents a pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ that failed to survive in the standard language (compare one, whore).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian hiel, Low German heel/heil, Dutch heel, German heil, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hel, Norwegian Nynorsk heil; also Welsh coel (“omen”), Breton kel (“omen, mention”), Old Prussian kails (“healthy”), Old Church Slavonic цѣлъ (cělŭ, “healthy, unhurt”). Related to hale, health, hail, hallow, heal, and holy.

Sentences

You knew the whole story .

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield .

The Muppets gave puppetry a whole new look and life in the mid-twentieth century .