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infinite

  • /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ UK
  • /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ US
  • /ˈɪnfənɪt/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

adjective more infinite · most infinite

  1. Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.

    Similar: immeasurable, inestimable, vast

  2. Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.

    Similar: amaranthine, boundless, endless, interminable, limitless, unbounded, unending, unlimited, ageful, agelong, celestial, enduring

  3. with plural noun Infinitely many. Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.

    Similar: countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, untold

  4. Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
  5. of a set Having infinitely many elements. For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers.
  6. Not limited by person or number.
  7. Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

Similar: bottomless, boundless, endless, infinite, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded, unlimited, universal · Opposite: finite, infinitesimal, limited, noninfinite, uninfinite

number

  1. Infinitely many.

noun infinites

  1. Something that is infinite in nature. Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.
  2. A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption. […] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: endless, inexhaustible, limitless, boundless, unlimited, unbounded, incalculable, absolute, sempiternal, uninflected, non-finite, unnumbered, uncounted, unnumberable, dateless, innumerable

Translations

Every language

adj figuratively, very large

日本語途方もない tohō mo nai, 巨大な kyodai na
हिन्दीअपरिमित aprimit
Portuguêsinfinito
Françaisinfini
Deutschunendlich, endlos, unzählige
Românăinfinit, nelimitat, nesfârșit
Русскийбесконе́чный beskonéčnyj, несме́тный nesmétnyj, бесчи́сленный besčíslennyj
Tiếng Việtvô bờ, bất tận

adj boundless, endless

Españolinfinito
한국어무한 muhan
日本語果てしない hateshinai, 無限の mugen no
中文無窮 /无穷 wúqióng, 無限 /无限 wúxiàn
हिन्दीअनंत anant, अनन्त anant, असीम asīm, अपरिमित aprimit
Portuguêsinfinito
Françaisinfini
Deutschunendlich, endlos, unbegrenzt, unbeschränkt
Italianoinfinito
Ελληνικάάπειρος ápeiros
Românăinfinit, fără limită
Русскийбесконе́чный beskonéčnyj, безграни́чный bezgraníčnyj, беспреде́льный bespredélʹnyj, бескра́йний beskrájnij
Tiếng Việtvô hạn, bất tận
עבריתאֵינְסוֹפִי einsofí, אֵין־סוֹפִי ein-sofí

adj with plural noun: infinitely many

Françaisun nombre infini de

adj greater than any positive quantity or magnitude

हिन्दीअनन्त anant
Portuguêsinfinito
Deutschunendlich
Ελληνικάάπειρο ápeiro
Românăinfinit
Русскийбесконе́чный beskonéčnyj

adj having infinitely many elements

Portuguêsinfinito
Françaisinfini
Deutschunendlich groß
Românăinfinit
Русскийбесконе́чный beskonéčnyj

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@misc{infinite_2026,
  title = {infinite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infinite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}