diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 2fe1494a3d770f..f4880c3ce86806 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ Deprecated
   It was not documented and only supported in the C implementation.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`89902`.)
 
+* Emit deprecation warning for non-integer numbers in :mod:`gettext` functions
+  and methods that consider plural forms even if the translation was not found.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`88434`.)
+
 
 Pending Removal in Python 3.14
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/Lib/gettext.py b/Lib/gettext.py
index e84765bfdf0649..62cff81b7b3d49 100644
--- a/Lib/gettext.py
+++ b/Lib/gettext.py
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ def _as_int(n):
     except TypeError:
         raise TypeError('Plural value must be an integer, got %s' %
                         (n.__class__.__name__,)) from None
+    return _as_int2(n)
+
+def _as_int2(n):
+    try:
+        return operator.index(n)
+    except TypeError:
+        pass
 
     import warnings
     frame = sys._getframe(1)
@@ -288,6 +295,7 @@ def gettext(self, message):
     def ngettext(self, msgid1, msgid2, n):
         if self._fallback:
             return self._fallback.ngettext(msgid1, msgid2, n)
+        n = _as_int2(n)
         if n == 1:
             return msgid1
         else:
@@ -301,6 +309,7 @@ def pgettext(self, context, message):
     def npgettext(self, context, msgid1, msgid2, n):
         if self._fallback:
             return self._fallback.npgettext(context, msgid1, msgid2, n)
+        n = _as_int2(n)
         if n == 1:
             return msgid1
         else:
@@ -587,6 +596,7 @@ def dngettext(domain, msgid1, msgid2, n):
     try:
         t = translation(domain, _localedirs.get(domain, None))
     except OSError:
+        n = _as_int2(n)
         if n == 1:
             return msgid1
         else:
@@ -606,6 +616,7 @@ def dnpgettext(domain, context, msgid1, msgid2, n):
     try:
         t = translation(domain, _localedirs.get(domain, None))
     except OSError:
+        n = _as_int2(n)
         if n == 1:
             return msgid1
         else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gettext.py b/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
index dd33b9b88f6768..b2fe3e28c3bec7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gettext.py
@@ -332,22 +332,24 @@ def _test_plural_forms(self, ngettext, gettext,
         x = gettext(singular)
         self.assertEqual(x, tsingular)
 
+        lineno = self._test_plural_forms.__code__.co_firstlineno + 12
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
+            x = ngettext(singular, plural, 1.0)
+        self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertEqual(cm.lineno, lineno)
+        self.assertEqual(x, tsingular)
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
+            x = ngettext(singular, plural, 1.1)
+        self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
+        self.assertEqual(cm.lineno, lineno + 5)
+        self.assertEqual(x, tplural)
+
         if numbers_only:
-            lineno = self._test_plural_forms.__code__.co_firstlineno + 9
-            with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
-                x = ngettext(singular, plural, 1.0)
-            self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
-            self.assertEqual(cm.lineno, lineno + 4)
-            self.assertEqual(x, tsingular)
-            with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
-                x = ngettext(singular, plural, 1.1)
-            self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
-            self.assertEqual(cm.lineno, lineno + 9)
-            self.assertEqual(x, tplural)
             with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
                 ngettext(singular, plural, None)
         else:
-            x = ngettext(singular, plural, None)
+            with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
+                x = ngettext(singular, plural, None)
             self.assertEqual(x, tplural)
 
     def test_plural_forms(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-08-18-38-09.gh-issue-88434.2Q_IkG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-08-18-38-09.gh-issue-88434.2Q_IkG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9722be251bfcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-08-18-38-09.gh-issue-88434.2Q_IkG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Emit deprecation warning for non-integer numbers in :mod:`gettext` functions
+and methods that consider plural forms even if the translation was not
+found.