eterne

English

Alternative forms

• etern

Etymology

From Middle English eterne, from Old French eterne, from Latin aeternus.

Adjective

eterne (comparative more eterne, superlative most eterne)

1. (obsolete) Eternal. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:

     The substance is eterne, and bideth so; / Ne when the life decayes and forme does fade, / Doth it consume and into nothing goe [...].

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, First Folio 1621, II.2:

     And neuer did the Cyclops hammers fall / On Mars his Armours, forg'd for proofe Eterne, / With lesse remorse then Pyrrhus bleeding sword / Now falles on Priam.

   • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
     The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
     In measure to the proclive weight and rush
     Of His inner nature […]

Anagrams

• entree, entrée, rentee, retene, teener

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈterne/

Adverb

eterne

1. forever, eternally

Related terms

• eterna
• eterno
• eterneco

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Italian

Adjective

eterne

1. feminine plural of eterno

Anagrams

• tenere

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French eterne, from Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈtɛːrn(ə)/, /ɛˈtɛrn(ə)/

Adjective

eterne

1. Eternal, permanent; having existed (and existing) forever.
2. Endless, unending; lasting forever.
3. (rare) Long-lasting; non-ephemeral.

Synonyms

• eternal

Related terms

• eternal
• eternally
• eternyte

Descendants

• English: eterne, etern (obsolete)
• Scots: eterne, etern (obsolete)

References

• “ētē̆rne (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eterne m

1. definite plural of eter