ad infinitum en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnəi.təm/ (Scotland)
- /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnʌi.təm/ (Scotland)
- /ɛd ˌən.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (New-Zealand)
- (Australia) audio
- ăd ĭn′fə-nī′təm
- /æːd ˌɪn.fəˈnɑɪ.təm/ (Australia)
- /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnʌɪ.təm/ (Canada)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Endlessly; for ever; never-endingly.
The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum!
1984, Milan Kundera, part I (Lightness and Weight), chapter I, in Michael Henry Heim, transl., The Unbearable Lightness of Being, London: Faber and Faber, translation of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, published 1985, →ISBN, page 3:Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.
1872, Augustus DeMorgan, Siphonaptera:
Translations (54)
sh бескрајност (endlessly) · sh бесконачно (endlessly) · cmn 不斷地 /不断地 (endlessly) · cmn 無限制 /无限制 (endlessly) · fi loputtomasti (endlessly) · es ad infinitum (endlessly) · cmn 不已 (endlessly) · sh do beskrajnosti (endlessly) · bg до безкра́йност (endlessly) · tl walang hanggan (endlessly) · cs do nekonečna (endlessly) · es sinfín (endlessly) · bg безкра́йно (endlessly) · fi loputtomiin (endlessly) · sh неодређено (endlessly) · nl in oneindigheid (endlessly) · sh до бескрајности (endlessly) · ru бесконе́чно (endlessly) · es indefinidamente (endlessly) · de ad infinitum (endlessly) · sh beskonačno (endlessly) · ru до бесконе́чности (endlessly) · pl do nieskończoności (endlessly) · sh bezgranično (endlessly) · hu vég nélkül (endlessly) · es al infinito (endlessly) · cmn 無休止地 /无休止地 (endlessly) · fi ikuisesti (endlessly) · sh neodređeno (endlessly) · ja 際限なく (endlessly) · fr à l'infini (endlessly) · ko 영구히 (endlessly) · nl voor altijd (endlessly) · vi vô cùng (endlessly) · no uten slutt (endlessly) · sv utan slut (endlessly) · de endlos (endlessly) · sh beskrajno (endlessly) · pl ad infinitum (endlessly) · la ad īnfīnītum (endlessly) · ja 無限に (endlessly) · pt ad infinitum (endlessly) · no i all uendelighet (endlessly) · sh infinitivno (endlessly) · sv i all oändlighet (endlessly) · pl nieskończenie (endlessly) · tl walang hangganan (endlessly) · hi निरवधि (endlessly) · sh безгранично (endlessly) · hu végtelenségig (endlessly) · sh инфинитивно (endlessly) · el επ’ άπειρον (endlessly) · pt infinitamente (endlessly) · cmn 不休 (endlessly)