atemporal

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ temporal.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmpəɹəl

Adjective

atemporal (comparative more atemporal, superlative most atemporal)

1. Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

   The machinery, when activated, would create atemporal bubbles wherein nothing was affected by the flow of time.

   The greatest music is atemporal.

Synonyms

• timeless, eternal; see also Thesaurus:timeless

Derived terms

• atemporality
• atemporally

Translations

unaffected by time

• French: atemporel (fr)
• German: zeitlos (de), unvergänglich, unveränderlich (de)
• Italian: atemporale (it)
• Polish: aczasowy
• Portuguese: atemporal (pt)
• Romanian: atemporal (ro)
• Spanish: atemporal

See also

• eternal now

Anagrams

• altar poem, lepromata

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ temporal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tẽ.poˈɾaw/ [a.tẽ.poˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾal/ [ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾal/ [ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tẽ.puˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧tem‧po‧ral

Adjective

atemporal m or f (plural atemporais)

1. atemporal (unaffected by time)

   Synonym: intemporal

Derived terms

• atemporalidade

Further reading

• “atemporal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French atemporel.

Adjective

atemporal m or n (feminine singular atemporală, masculine plural atemporali, feminine and neuter plural atemporale)

1. atemporal

Declension

Declension of atemporal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	atemporal		atemporală		atemporali	atemporale
	definite	atemporalul		atemporala		atemporalii	atemporalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	atemporal		atemporale		atemporali	atemporale
	definite	atemporalului		atemporalei		atemporalilor	atemporalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ temporal.

Adjective

atemporal m or f (masculine and feminine plural atemporales)

1. atemporal, timeless

   Synonym: intemporal

Derived terms

• atemporalidad

Further reading

• “atemporal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10