ad infinitum

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ad infinitum

/æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ Canada, US, UK
/æd ˌɪn.fəˈniː.təm/ Canada, US, UK
/ad ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ UK, Scotland
/æd ˌɪn.fəˈnʌɪ.təm/ Canada
/æːd ˌɪn.fəˈnɑɪ.təm/ Australia
/ɛd ˌən.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ New Zealand
/ad ˌɪn.fəˈnʌi.təm/ Scotland
/ad ˌɪn.fəˈnəi.təm/ Scotland
/ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪtəm

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).

adverb ad inf.

not comparable Endlessly; for ever; never-endingly. 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.

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adv endlessly

Español	al infinito, indefinidamente, sinfín, ad infinitum
한국어	영구히 yeongguhi
日本語	無限に mugen ni, 際限なく saigen naku
中文	無限制 /无限制 wú xiànzhì, 無休止地 /无休止地 wú xiūzhǐ de, 不休 bùxiū, 不斷地 /不断地 bùduàn de, 不已 bùyǐ
हिन्दी	निरवधि niravdhi
Português	ad infinitum, infinitamente
Français	à l'infini
Deutsch	endlos, ad infinitum
Ελληνικά	επ’ άπειρον ep’ ápeiron
Русский	бесконе́чно beskonéčno, до бесконе́чности do beskonéčnosti
Tiếng Việt	vô cùng

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@misc{ad_infinitum_2026,
  title = {ad infinitum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ad%20infinitum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}