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longevity

  • /lɒnˈd͡ʒɛv.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /lɒŋ-/ UK
  • /lɔnˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/
  • [lɔ̃nˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti]
  • /lɔŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/
  • [lɔ̃ŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti]
  • /lɑnˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/ US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • [lɑ̃nˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ɾi] US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • /lɒnˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/ Canada, dialectal
  • [lɒŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ɾi] Canada, dialectal
  • /lɔnˈd͡ʒev.ə.ti/ Australia
  • [lɔnˈd͡ʒev.ə.ɾi] Australia
  • /lɒnˈd͡ʒev.ə.ti/ New Zealand
  • [lɒnˈd͡ʒev.ə.ɾi] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Early 17th century, learned borrowing from Latin longaevitās, from longaevus (“ancient, aged”) + -itās. The first part is related to English long and this association led to the alternative pronunciation with /ŋ/.

noun longevities · longævity

  1. countable, uncountable The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life. Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!
  2. countable, uncountable Duration over time; persistence. A ‘postdating’ is an example of the use of a lexical item at a later date than currently recorded and these are important in establishing the longevity of use of a term and whether or not it has become obsolete.

Similar: long-livedness, permanence

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: seniority, lifetime, lifespan, durability, permanence, persistence, survival, viability, duration, expectancy, life, length, sustainability, long, life-span, long life

noun

Similar: long-livedness, permanence

Translations

Every language

noun the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life

Españollongevidad
한국어장수 jangsu
日本語寿命 jumyō, 長寿 chōju, 不老不死 furōfushi
中文長壽 /长寿 chángshòu
Portuguêslongevidade
Françaislongévité
DeutschLanglebigkeit, lange Lebensdauer
Italianolongevità
Ελληνικάμακροζωία makrozoḯa
Românălongevitate
Русскийдолголе́тие dolgolétije, долгожи́тельство dolgožítelʹstvo
Tiếng Việtsự sống lâu, tuổi thọ cao

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@misc{longevity_2026,
  title = {longevity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/longevity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}