lifetime

See also: life-time

English

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lifetime (plural lifetimes)

The duration of the life of someone or something.
(informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

Synonyms: ages, (UK slang) donkey's years, eternity, (UK slang) years, yonks

duration of the life of someone or something

Azerbaijani: ömür (az)
Bashkir: ғүмер (ğümer)
Catalan: vida f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一生 (zh) (yīshēng), 一輩子／一辈子 (zh) (yībèizi), 一辈子 (zh) (yībèizi), 壽命／寿命 (zh) (shòumìng), 寿命 (zh) (shòumìng), 畢生／毕生 (zh) (bìshēng), 毕生 (zh) (bìshēng), 輩子／辈子 (zh) (bèizi), 辈子 (zh) (bèizi)
Czech: doba života f, životnost
Dutch: leeftijd (nl) m
Esperanto: vivodaŭro, vivdaŭro
Finnish: elinaika (fi), elämän aika
French: durée de vie (fr) f (objects), vie (fr) f (persons)
German: Leben (de) n, Lebensdauer (de) f, Lebenszeit (de) f
Greek: βίος (el) m (víos)
Hungarian: élettartam (hu)
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Japanese: 生涯 (しょうがい, shōgai), 一生 (ja) (いっしょう, isshō), 一生涯 (いっしょうがい, isshōgai)
Latin: aetas (la) f
Navajo: są́ náʼoogą́ą́ʼ (of a person; traditionally about 104 years)
Polish: życie (pl) n
Portuguese: vida (pt) f
Romanian: durată de viață
Russian: продолжи́тельность жи́зни f (prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni), це́лая жизнь f (célaja žiznʹ), вся жизнь f (vsja žiznʹ), вре́мя жи́зни n (vrémja žízni) (of an object, function, etc.), срок слу́жбы m (srok slúžby) (equipment)
Spanish: vida (es) f, toda la vida f
Swedish: livstid (sv) c
Turkish: ömür (tr), yaşam (tr)
Ukrainian: вік (uk) (vik)

informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time