eternal

English

Alternative forms

• æternal (chiefly archaic)
• æternall (obsolete)
• eternall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəl

Adjective

eternal (not comparable)

1. Lasting forever; unending.
2. (philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly

Synonyms

• (lasting forever; unending): permanent, sempiternal, endless, everlasting
• (existing outside time): timeless, atemporal

Antonyms

• sempiternal

Antonyms

• ephemeral

Derived terms

• eternal life
• eternal recurrence
• eternal return

Translations

lasting forever

Armenian: հավերժական (hy) (haveržakan) Bengali: অনন্ত (bn), অমর (bn) Bulgarian: вечен (bg) Catalan: etern (ca), eternal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 永遠 (cmn), 永远 (cmn) (yǒngyuǎn) Czech: věčný (cs) m. Dutch: eeuwig (nl) Finnish: ikuinen (fi), päättymätön (fi) French: éternel (fr) German: ewig (de) Greek: Ancient: ἀΐδιος (aïdios) Hebrew: נצחי (he) (natzkhi) m. Hindi: सनातन (hi) (sanaatan) m. Icelandic: eilífur (is)

Japanese: 永遠の (ja) (えいえんの, eien-no), 永久の (ja) (えいきゅうの, eikyū-no) Korean: 영원히 (ko) Kurdish: ebedî (ku), herherî (ku), hetahetayî (ku), bêdawî (ku) Latin: aeternus (la) m., aeterna (la) f. Norwegian: evig (no), endeløs (no), evinnelig (no) Polish: wieczny (pl) m., wieczysty (pl) m. Russian: вечный (ru) (véčnyj) Sanskrit: सनातन (sa) Scottish Gaelic: maireannach (gd) Serbian: večan, vekotrajan, vekovečan Slovene: večen (sl) Spanish: eterno (es), eternal (es) Swedish: evig (sv) Turkish: sonsuz (tr)

Anagrams

• enteral, teneral

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Catalan

Adjective

eternal m. and f. (plural eternals)

1. eternal

Synonyms

• etern

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Spanish

Adjective

eternal m. and f. (plural eternales)

1. eternal

Synonyms

• eterno