time immemorial

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

time immemorial

noun times immemorial

  1. countable, uncountable, usually Time that extends beyond memory or record. from time immemorial

    Similar: time out of mind, dawn of time, time of old

  2. UK, uncountable, usually The time before July 6, 1189, hence the time before the accession of Richard I.

Translations

Every language

noun time that extends beyond memory or record

Españoltiempo inmemorial
Françaistemps immémorial
Deutschunbekannte Zeit, Menschengedenken
Italianoda che mondo è mondo
Русскийнезапа́мятные времена́ nezapámjatnyje vremená

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"time immemorial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/time%20immemorial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

time immemorial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/time%20immemorial

Chicago

"time immemorial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/time%20immemorial.

BibTeX
@misc{time_immemorial_2026,
  title = {time immemorial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time%20immemorial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}