eternal
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eternal
- /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/ UK
- /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ US
- /iˈtɝ.nl̩/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.
adjective more eternal · most eternal · æternal · æternall · eternall
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Lasting forever; unending.
One could say time is eternal.
Similar: agelong, endless, everlasting, permanent, sempiternal, unending · Opposite: ephemeral, momentary, transient, earthly, brief, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, instant
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Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.
Similar: timeless, atemporal, achronic, eternal, extratemporal
- 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
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Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
some eternal villain
Similar: awful
Similar: ageful, agelong, amaranthine, celestial, endless, enduring, eternal, eterne, everduring, evergreen, everlasting, eviternal, forever, heavenly, imperishable, indesinent, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perpetuate, persistent, sempiternal, timeless, unending, undeadly, undying · Opposite: ephemeral, fleeting, impermanent, mortal, momentary, temporary, transient, unperpetual, unperpetuated
noun eternals · æternal · æternall · eternall
- One who lives forever; an immortal. Yes, I want that raw power that is only offered to the eternals or creators
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: everlasting, permanent, eonian, ageless, immortal, perpetual, unceasing, interminable, unending, lasting, endless, long, aeonian, undying, eviternal, forever
adjective
Similar: ageful, agelong, amaranthine, celestial, endless, enduring, eternal, eterne, everduring, evergreen, everlasting, eviternal, forever, heavenly, imperishable, indesinent, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perpetuate, persistent, sempiternal, timeless, unending, undeadly, undying · Opposite: ephemeral, fleeting, impermanent, mortal, momentary, temporary, transient, unperpetual, unperpetuated
Translations
Every language
adj lasting forever
| Español | eterno, eternal, sempiterno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 영원하다 yeong'wonhada |
| 日本語 | 永遠の eien no, 永久の eikyū no |
| 中文 | 永遠 /永远 yǒngyuǎn, 永久 yǒngjiǔ |
| हिन्दी | सनातन sanātan, सदैव sadaiv, सर्वदा sarvadā, शाश्वत śāśvat, अनंत anant, जावेद jāved |
| Kiswahili | -a milele |
| Português | eterno |
| Français | éternel |
| Deutsch | ewig |
| Italiano | eterno |
| Ελληνικά | αιώνιος aiónios |
| Русский | ве́чный véčnyj |
| العربية | أَبَدِيّ ʔabadiyy |
| עברית | נִצְחִי nitzḥí |
Talk about this word "eternal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eternal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. eternal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eternal "eternal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eternal.Cite this
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title = {eternal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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