everlasting

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈlæst-/
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• General-American: /ˌɛvəɹˈlæstɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɑːstɪŋ
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• rhymes with -æstɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 V ER0 L AE1 S T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”). * Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“body; life; tree”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perkw- (“oak tree”) (as the oak represented life and vitality in Germanic mythology). * Lasting is derived from lasten (“to continue, last; etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participle forms of verbs, often used as adjectives)); and lasten from Old English lǣstan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną (“to follow, pursue”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”). By surface analysis, ever (adverb) + lasting (adjective).

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: চিরন্তন (cironton) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bengali: চিরস্থায়ী (cirosthaẏi) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bengali: অনন্ত (onnto) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bengali: নিত্য (nitto) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bengali: সনাতন (śonaton) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bulgarian: вечен (večen) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Catalan: etern — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Cherokee: ᎢᎪᎯᏓ (igohida) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 永活 — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 永遠 /永远 — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 永久 — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Eastern Min Chinese: 永遠 /永远 (īng-uōng) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 永活 (yǒnghuó) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 永久 (yǒngjiǔ) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 永遠 /永远 (yǒngyuǎn) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Min Nan Chinese: 永久 (éng-kiú, éng-kú) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Min Nan Chinese: 永遠 /永远 (éng-oán) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ngazidja Comorian: -a ɗaima — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Dutch: altijddurend — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Finnish: ikuinen — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• French: éternel — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Galician: eterno — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Galician: interminábel — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Galician: sen termo — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Georgian: წარუვალი (c̣aruvali) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Georgian: მარადი (maradi) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Georgian: მუდმივი (mudmivi) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Georgian: მარადიული (maradiuli) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• German: ewig — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (aiweins) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Hindi: अक्षय (akṣay) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Hungarian: örökkévaló — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Hungarian: örökös — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Italian: eterno — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Italian: immortale — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Italian: imperituro — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Japanese: 永久の (eikyū no) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Khmer: ជានិច្ (chéanĭch) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Khmer: ជានិច្ច (ciə nɨc) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Latin: sempiternus — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Macedonian: вечен (večen) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Navajo: doo ninítʼiʼii — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Old English: ēċe — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Portuguese: eterno — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Portuguese: interminável — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Romanian: etern — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Romanian: interminabil — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Romanian: nemuritor — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Russian: ве́чный (véčnyj) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Sanskrit: अक्षित (akṣita) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Scottish Gaelic: maireannach — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Scottish Gaelic: sìorraidh — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: невен — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏чан — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏чан — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: neven — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅčan — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅčan — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Spanish: inmarcesible — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Sumerian: 𒁕𒊑 (Da-ri) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Swedish: evig — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠞꠇꠣꠟ (siroxal) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Tibetan: ཐོག་མཐའ་མེད་པ (thog mtha' med pa) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Tocharian B: ṣekaññe — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Turkish: sonsuz — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: دایم (daim) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: ابدی (ebedî) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: موبد (muʿebbed) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payanda, payende) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: صوڭسز (soñsız) — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Vietnamese: vĩnh viễn — lasting or enduring forever — see also endless, eternal
• Bengali: অনন্ত (ononto) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Bengali: সনাতন (śonaton) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Bengali: দেশকালাতীত (deśkalatit) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Catalan: etern — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 永活 — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 永恆 /永恒 — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Cantonese: 常在 (soeng4 zoi6) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 永活 (yǒnghuó) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 永恆 /永恒 (yǒnghéng) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Chinese Mandarin: 常在 (chángzài) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Dzongkha: མཐའ་མེད་པ (mtha' med pa) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Finnish: iankaikkinen — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• French: éternel — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• German: ewig — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Hindi: शाश्वत (śāśvat) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Hindi: सनातन (sanātan) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Italian: eterno — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Japanese: 永遠 (eien) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Khasi: bymjukut — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Khmer: ជានិច្ច (ciə nɨc) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Korean: 영원(永遠)하다 (yeong'wonhada) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Latin: aeternus — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Occitan: etèrn — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Occitan: eternal — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Portuguese: eterno — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Spanish: eterno — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Swedish: evig — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠞꠇꠣꠟ (siroxal) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Tibetan: ཐོག་མཐའ་མེད་པ (thog mtha' med pa) — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Vietnamese: vĩnh cửu — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Vietnamese: đời đời — chiefly of a deity or other supernatural being: having always existed and will continue to exist forever — see also eternal
• Bulgarian: безкраен (bezkraen) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Dutch: eindeloos — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Finnish: ikuinen — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• French: permanent — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• German: endlos — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Kazakh: мәңгілік (mäñgılık) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Macedonian: бесконечен (beskonečen) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Macedonian: бескраен (beskraen) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Romanian: continuu — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Romanian: perpetuu — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Russian: бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Russian: бескра́йний (beskrájnij) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Scottish Gaelic: maireannach — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Scottish Gaelic: sìorraidh — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payanda, payende) — continuing for a long period — see also eternal
• Finnish: iki- — having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried