Definition:Integer/Linguistic Note

Integer: Linguistic Note
The word integer is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, and the g is soft (i.e. sounds like j): in-te-jer.

This is inconsistent with the pronunciation of the related term integral where the g is hard (as in get): in-te-gral.

Also note the use of the word integral as an adjective, meaning necessary or inherent, usually encountered in rhetoric. For further confusion, this is pronounced in-teg-ral, the stress being on the second syllable.

The symbol $\Z$ is for Zahlen, which is German for whole numbers, with overtones of unbroken.