infinito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of infinite.

Adjective

infinito (not comparable)

1. (music) infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “infinito”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin īnfīnītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.fiˈni.to/

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧nì‧to

Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infiniti, feminine plural infinite)

1. infinite
2. boundless, unlimited, unbounded, immeasurable
3. endless, countless
4. (grammar) infinite

Synonyms

• enorme
• eterno
• illimitato
• immortale
• incommensurabile
• innumerevole
• interminabile
• perenne
• sconfinato
• sterminato
• smisurato

Antonyms

• finito
• limitato

Derived terms

• infinità
• infinitamente
• infinitesimo
• infinitezza
• infinitivale
• infinitivo

 

Descendants

• → Maltese: infinit

Noun

infinito m (plural infiniti)

1. infinity, endlessness

   Synonyms: cosmo, creato, spazio, universo

   all'infinito ― endlessly, forever; in the infinitive

2. (grammar) infinitive mood

   Hyponyms: infinito presente, infinito passato

Further reading

• infinito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

īnfīnītō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnfīnītus

References

• infinito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• infinito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• infinitivo (infinitive)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītus. Doublet of infindo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.fiˈni.tu/

• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧to

Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infinitos, feminine plural infinitas)

1. infinite (boundless, endless)

Noun

infinito m (plural infinitos)

1. (grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form)
2. (uncountable) infinity (endlessness or unlimitedness)

Related terms

• infinidade

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfīnītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infiˈnito/ [ĩɱ.fiˈni.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: in‧fi‧ni‧to

Adjective

infinito (feminine infinita, masculine plural infinitos, feminine plural infinitas)

1. infinite
2. unlimited, boundless, unbounded

   Synonym: ilimitado

3. endless, countless

   Synonym: incontable

4. immeasurable

   Synonym: inmensurable

Derived terms

• recursividad infinita

 

Adverb

infinito

1. immensely; hugely; infinitely; big-time

   vamos a celebrarlo infinito

   we're going to celebrate big-time

Noun

infinito m (plural infinitos)

1. infinity

   Synonym: infinidad

Derived terms

• al infinito

 

Related terms

• infinitud

 

Further reading

• “infinito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014