eternal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ (General-American)
- /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /iˈtɝ.nl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.
Meanings
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Lasting forever; unending.
Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal. The pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire:In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.
2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:Thy smoking altar shall be fat with food / Of incense and the grateful steam of blood; / Burnt-offerings morn and evening shall be thine, / And fires eternal in thy temple shine.
1700 [c. 1387–1400], John, transl. Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables, Ancient and Modern, translation of The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer:But here again it is another question, quite different from our having an idea of eternity, to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.
1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding:
- Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.
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(excessive) Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present.
Beneath him you might have seen the three of us - myself, sunburnt, young, and vigorous after our open-air tramp; Summerlee, solemn but still critical, behind his eternal pipe; Lord John, as keen as a razor-edge, with his supple, alert figure leaning upon his rifle, and his eager eyes fixed eagerly upon the speaker.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
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(dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
some eternal villain
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| æternall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| eternall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| æternal | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most eternal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more eternal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
ephemeral · perishable · earthly · impermanent · transitory · fleeting · transitive · brief · transient · short · whilend · unperpetual · volatile · unperpetuated · seasonable · passing · fleeting · transient · ephemeral · worldly · temporary · quick · mortal · fugitive · evanescent · instant · momentary · fugacious · momentary · temporary · momentary · deciduous · short-lived · ephemeral · transient · flying
Deriveds
eternal recurrence · noneternal · eternalize · eternalness · eternal rest · eternally · eternalism · crater of eternal darkness · eternal return · eternality · eternal triangle · peak of eternal light · eternal life · eternal black hole · eternal care unit · eternal marriage · hope springs eternal in the human breast · eternal flower · supereternal · uneternal · eternal sleep · hope springs eternal · Eternal September · on eternal patrol · eternal sin · eternal now · coeternal · eternalist · life eternal
Hyponyms
deathless · never-dying · immortal · coeternal · everflowing · unfading · ageless
Relateds
unceasing · eternity · boundless · continuous · limitless · incessant · continual · ceaseless · interminable · unlimited · infinite · eternalize
Synonyms
perpetual · achronic · everlasting · endless · permanent · amaranthine · endless · atemporal · eternal · eviternal · evergreen · lasting · unending · sempiternal · imperishable · undeadly · eternal · everlasting · everduring · enduring · forever · permanent · perpetuate · sempiternal · undying · atemporal · persistent · indesinent · agelong · agelong · celestial · extratemporal · unending · awful · timeless · timeless · heavenly · ageful · timeless · perennial · never-ending · eterne
Translations (134)
gd maireannach (lasting forever) · gd sìorraidh (lasting forever) · ota موبد (lasting forever) · pl wieczny (lasting forever) · nl eeuwig (lasting forever) · sh vekotrajan (lasting forever) · id tetap (lasting forever) · ota ابدی (lasting forever) · zh 永恆 /永恒 (lasting forever) · no endeløs (lasting forever) · pdt eewich (lasting forever) · gl eterno (lasting forever) · ka სამუდამო (lasting forever) · ja 永久の (lasting forever) · nl eindeloos (lasting forever) · es eterno (lasting forever) · fi ikuinen (lasting forever) · bn অমর (lasting forever) · he נִצְחִי (lasting forever) · el αιώνιος (lasting forever) · sk večný (lasting forever) · hy հավիտենական (lasting forever) · id kekal (lasting forever) · de ewig (lasting forever) · be ве́чны (lasting forever) · pl wiekuisty (lasting forever) · txb ṣekaññe (lasting forever) · tk baky (lasting forever) · enm eternal (lasting forever) · pl wieczysty (lasting forever) · ar أَبَدِيّ (lasting forever) · cy diddiwedd (lasting forever) · sq amshuar (lasting forever) · it eterno (lasting forever) · izh jokaaikain (lasting forever) · fa جاوید (lasting forever) · tk ömürlik (lasting forever) · ota صوڭسز (lasting forever) · cmn 永遠 /永远 (lasting forever) · az daim (lasting forever) · mi mutungakore (lasting forever) · ota پاینده (lasting forever) · mk вечен (lasting forever) · cs věčný (lasting forever) · eo eterna (lasting forever) · oc etèrn (lasting forever) · id langgeng (lasting forever) · bg ве́чен (lasting forever) · ga síoraí (lasting forever) · nrf êtèrnel (lasting forever) · no evig (lasting forever) · sw -a milele (lasting forever) · ckt таӈӄонпыӈӄэн (lasting forever) · az ömürlük (lasting forever) · az əbədi (lasting forever) · hy հավերժական (lasting forever) · ota دایم (lasting forever) · id abadi (lasting forever) · kmr hetahetayî (lasting forever) · uz boqiy (lasting forever) · gl eternal (lasting forever) · kmr ebedî (lasting forever) · hi जावेद (lasting forever) · uz mangu (lasting forever) · ba мәңге (lasting forever) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (lasting forever) · es sempiterno (lasting forever) · tk ebedi (lasting forever) · ka წარუვალი (lasting forever) · tr bengi (lasting forever) · ka მარადი (lasting forever) · ka სამარადისო (lasting forever) · pl bezczasowy (lasting forever) · grc αἰώνιος (lasting forever) · bn অনন্ত (lasting forever) · nn evinneleg (lasting forever) · sa सनातन (lasting forever) · fr éternel (lasting forever) · enm eterne (lasting forever) · tpw opaba'erame'yma (lasting forever) · sh vekovečan (lasting forever) · uk ві́чний (lasting forever) · cu вѣчьнъ (lasting forever) · fi päättymätön (lasting forever) · mn мөнх (lasting forever) · sh ве̏чан (lasting forever) · hi सनातन (lasting forever) · hi शाश्वत (lasting forever) · ca etern (lasting forever) · izh iänikäin (lasting forever) · id permanen (lasting forever) · la aeternus (lasting forever) · la sempiternus (lasting forever) · hy անմեռ (lasting forever) · fa ابدی (lasting forever) · kk бақи (lasting forever) · sh vȅčan (lasting forever) · sv evig (lasting forever) · hi सदैव (lasting forever) · hi सर्वदा (lasting forever) · hy անմեռական (lasting forever) · ko 영원하다 (lasting forever) · ang ēċe (lasting forever) · km គ្មានទីបំផុត (lasting forever) · sh vjȅčan (lasting forever) · sh вје̏чан (lasting forever) · pt eterno (lasting forever) · io eterna (lasting forever) · cy didranc (lasting forever) · hu örökös (lasting forever) · ka მუდმივი (lasting forever) · hu örökkévaló (lasting forever) · is eilífur (lasting forever) · sa सदैव (lasting forever) · sl večen (lasting forever) · uz abadiy (lasting forever) · pl pozaczasowy (lasting forever) · kmr bêdawî (lasting forever) · hi अनंत (lasting forever) · kk мәңгі (lasting forever) · ca eternal (lasting forever) · tr ebedî (lasting forever) · nn æveleg (lasting forever) · hu örök (lasting forever) · kmr herherî (lasting forever) · cmn 永久 (lasting forever) · es eternal (lasting forever) · ja 永遠の (lasting forever) · tr sonsuz (lasting forever) · yi אייביק (lasting forever) · no evinnelig (lasting forever) · oc eternal (lasting forever) · ru ве́чный (lasting forever) · ka საუკუნო (lasting forever)