eternal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/
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• General-American: /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/
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• General-American: /iˈtɝ.nl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 T ER1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY0 T ER1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: amshuar — lasting forever
• Arabic: أَبَدِيّ (ʔabadiyy) — lasting forever
• Armenian: հավերժական (haveržakan) — lasting forever
• Armenian: անմեռ (anmeṙ) — lasting forever
• Armenian: անմեռական (anmeṙakan) — lasting forever
• Armenian: հավիտենական (havitenakan) — lasting forever
• Azerbaijani: daim — lasting forever
• Azerbaijani: ömürlük — lasting forever
• Azerbaijani: əbədi — lasting forever
• Bashkir: мәңге (məñge) — lasting forever
• Belarusian: ве́чны (vjéčny) — lasting forever
• Bengali: অনন্ত (onnto) — lasting forever
• Bengali: অমর (omor) — lasting forever
• Bulgarian: ве́чен (véčen) — lasting forever
• Catalan: etern — lasting forever
• Catalan: eternal — lasting forever
• Chinese: 永恆 /永恒 (yǒnghéng) — lasting forever
• Chinese Mandarin: 永遠 /永远 (yǒngyuǎn) — lasting forever
• Chinese Mandarin: 永久 (yǒngjiǔ) — lasting forever
• Chukchi: таӈӄонпыӈӄэн (taṇqonpyṇqėn) — lasting forever
• Czech: věčný — lasting forever
• Dutch: eeuwig — lasting forever
• Dutch: eindeloos — lasting forever
• Esperanto: eterna — lasting forever
• Finnish: ikuinen — lasting forever
• Finnish: päättymätön — lasting forever
• French: éternel — lasting forever
• Galician: eterno — lasting forever
• Galician: eternal — lasting forever
• Georgian: მარადი (maradi) — lasting forever
• Georgian: სამუდამო (samudamo) — lasting forever
• Georgian: სამარადისო (samaradiso) — lasting forever
• Georgian: მუდმივი (mudmivi) — lasting forever
• Georgian: წარუვალი (c̣aruvali) — lasting forever
• Georgian: საუკუნო (sauḳuno) — lasting forever
• German: ewig — lasting forever
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (aiweins) — lasting forever
• Greek: αιώνιος (aiónios) — lasting forever
• Ancient Greek: αἰώνιος (aiṓnios) — lasting forever
• Hebrew: נִצְחִי (nitzḥí) — lasting forever
• Hindi: सनातन (sanātan) — lasting forever
• Hindi: सदैव (sadaiv) — lasting forever
• Hindi: सर्वदा (sarvadā) — lasting forever
• Hindi: शाश्वत (śāśvat) — lasting forever
• Hindi: अनंत (anant) — lasting forever
• Hindi: जावेद (jāved) — lasting forever
• Hungarian: örök — lasting forever
• Hungarian: örökös — lasting forever
• Hungarian: örökkévaló — lasting forever
• Icelandic: eilífur — lasting forever
• Ido: eterna — lasting forever
• Indonesian: abadi — lasting forever
• Indonesian: kekal — lasting forever
• Indonesian: langgeng — lasting forever
• Indonesian: tetap — lasting forever
• Indonesian: permanen — lasting forever
• Ingrian: jokaaikain — lasting forever
• Ingrian: iänikäin — lasting forever
• Irish: síoraí — lasting forever
• Italian: eterno — lasting forever
• Japanese: 永遠の (eien no) — lasting forever
• Japanese: 永久の (eikyū no) — lasting forever
• Kazakh: мәңгі (mäñgı) — lasting forever
• Kazakh: бақи (baqi) — lasting forever
• Khmer: គ្មានទីបំផុត (kmien tii bɑmphot) — lasting forever
• Korean: 영원하다 (yeong'wonhada) — lasting forever
• Northern Kurdish: ebedî — lasting forever
• Northern Kurdish: herherî — lasting forever
• Northern Kurdish: hetahetayî — lasting forever
• Northern Kurdish: bêdawî — lasting forever
• Latin: aeternus — lasting forever
• Latin: sempiternus — lasting forever
• Macedonian: вечен (večen) — lasting forever
• Māori: mutungakore — lasting forever
• Middle English: eternal — lasting forever
• Middle English: eterne — lasting forever
• Mongolian: мөнх (mönx) — lasting forever
• Norman: êtèrnel — lasting forever
• Norwegian: evig — lasting forever
• Norwegian: endeløs — lasting forever
• Norwegian: evinnelig — lasting forever
• Norwegian Nynorsk: æveleg — lasting forever
• Norwegian Nynorsk: evinneleg — lasting forever
• Occitan: etèrn — lasting forever
• Occitan: eternal — lasting forever
• Church Slavic: вѣчьнъ (věčĭnŭ) — lasting forever
• Old English: ēċe — lasting forever
• Old Tupi: opaba'erame'yma — lasting forever
• Persian: جاوید (jâvid) — lasting forever
• Persian: ابدی (abadi) — lasting forever
• Plautdietsch: eewich — lasting forever
• Polish: wieczny — lasting forever
• Polish: wieczysty — lasting forever
• Polish: wiekuisty — lasting forever
• Polish: bezczasowy — lasting forever
• Polish: pozaczasowy — lasting forever
• Portuguese: eterno — lasting forever
• Russian: ве́чный (véčnyj) — lasting forever
• Sanskrit: सनातन (sanātana) — lasting forever
• Sanskrit: सदैव (sadaiva) — lasting forever
• Scottish Gaelic: maireannach — lasting forever
• Scottish Gaelic: sìorraidh — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏чан — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏чан — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅčan — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅčan — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: vekotrajan — lasting forever
• Serbo-Croatian: vekovečan — lasting forever
• Slovak: večný — lasting forever
• Slovene: večen — lasting forever
• Spanish: eterno — lasting forever
• Spanish: eternal — lasting forever
• Spanish: sempiterno — lasting forever
• Swahili: -a milele — lasting forever
• Swedish: evig — lasting forever
• Tocharian B: ṣekaññe — lasting forever
• Turkish: sonsuz — lasting forever
• Turkish: ebedî — lasting forever
• Turkish: bengi — lasting forever
• Ottoman Turkish: صوڭسز (soñsız) — lasting forever
• Ottoman Turkish: ابدی (ebedî) — lasting forever
• Ottoman Turkish: دایم (daim) — lasting forever
• Ottoman Turkish: موبد (muʿebbed) — lasting forever
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — lasting forever
• Turkmen: ömürlik — lasting forever
• Turkmen: baky — lasting forever
• Turkmen: ebedi — lasting forever
• Ukrainian: ві́чний (víčnyj) — lasting forever
• Uzbek: abadiy — lasting forever
• Uzbek: mangu — lasting forever
• Uzbek: boqiy — lasting forever
• Welsh: didranc — lasting forever
• Welsh: diddiwedd — lasting forever
• Yiddish: אייביק (eybik) — lasting forever