ad infinitum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ad infinitum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtəm
- Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum
Adverb
ad infinitum (not comparable)
Translations
endlessly
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad in.fiːˈniː.tum/, [äd̪ ĩːfiːˈniːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad in.fiˈni.tum/, [äd̪ iɱfiˈniːt̪um]
Adverb
ad īnfīnītum (not comparable)
- to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure
Descendants
- English: ad infinitum
- Portuguese: ad infinitum
References
- “in-fīnītus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infīnītus ¶4 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “814/3”
- “infīnītus ¶2” on page 900/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese
Adverb
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