immortal

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• General-American: /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)təl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M AO1 R T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”).

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَالِد (ḵālid) — not susceptible to death
• Armenian: անմահ (anmah) — not susceptible to death
• Armenian: անմեռ (anmeṙ) — not susceptible to death
• Armenian: անմեռական (anmeṙakan) — not susceptible to death
• Asturian: inmortal — not susceptible to death
• Azerbaijani: ölməz — not susceptible to death
• Belarusian: бессмяро́тны (bjessmjarótny) — not susceptible to death
• Bulgarian: безсмъ́ртен (bezsmǎ́rten) — not susceptible to death
• Catalan: immortal — not susceptible to death
• Chinese Mandarin: 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de) — not susceptible to death
• Czech: nesmrtelný — not susceptible to death
• Danish: udødelig — not susceptible to death
• Dutch: onsterfelijk — not susceptible to death
• Dutch: ondoodbaar — not susceptible to death
• Esperanto: senmorta — not susceptible to death
• Estonian: surematu — not susceptible to death
• Finnish: kuolematon — not susceptible to death
• French: immortel — not susceptible to death
• Galician: inmortal — not susceptible to death
• Galician: inmorrente — not susceptible to death
• Georgian: უკვდავი (uḳvdavi) — not susceptible to death
• German: unsterblich — not susceptible to death
• Greek: αθάνατος (athánatos) — not susceptible to death
• Ancient Greek: ἀθάνατος (athánatos) — not susceptible to death
• Ancient Greek: ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos) — not susceptible to death
• Hindi: अमर (amar) — not susceptible to death
• Hindi: शाश्वत (śāśvat) — not susceptible to death
• Hindi: अक्षय (akṣay) — not susceptible to death
• Hungarian: halhatatlan — not susceptible to death
• Icelandic: ódauðlegur — not susceptible to death
• Indonesian: kekal — not susceptible to death
• Indonesian: abadi — not susceptible to death
• Irish: neamhbhásmhar — not susceptible to death
• Irish: buan — not susceptible to death
• Irish: síoraí — not susceptible to death
• Irish: bithbheo — not susceptible to death
• Italian: immortale — not susceptible to death
• Japanese: 不滅の (fumetsu no) — not susceptible to death
• Japanese: 死なない (shinanai) — not susceptible to death
• Japanese: 潰れない (tsuburenai) — not susceptible to death
• Kazakh: өлімсіз (ölımsız) — not susceptible to death
• Kazakh: өлмес (ölmes) — not susceptible to death
• Korean: 불사하다 (bulsahada) — not susceptible to death
• Kumyk: оьлюмсюз (ölümsüz) — not susceptible to death
• Central Kurdish: نەمر (nemir) — not susceptible to death
• Northern Kurdish: nemir — not susceptible to death
• Northern Kurdish: hersax — not susceptible to death
• Northern Kurdish: herheyî — not susceptible to death
• Kyrgyz: өлбөс (ölbös) — not susceptible to death
• Kyrgyz: өлүмсүз (ölümsüz) — not susceptible to death
• Latin: immortalis — not susceptible to death
• Latin: aeternus — not susceptible to death
• Lithuanian: nemirtingas — not susceptible to death
• Macedonian: бесмртен (besmrten) — not susceptible to death
• Manx: neuvarvaanagh — not susceptible to death
• Manx: neuvaasoil — not susceptible to death
• Māori: mutungakore — not susceptible to death
• Middle English: undedly — not susceptible to death
• Norwegian: udødelig — not susceptible to death
• Occitan: immortal — not susceptible to death
• Old English: undēadlīċ — not susceptible to death
• Pali: amara — not susceptible to death
• Persian: نامیرا (nâmirâ) — not susceptible to death
• Persian: نوش (nuš) — not susceptible to death
• Plautdietsch: onstoaflich — not susceptible to death
• Polish: nieśmiertelny — not susceptible to death
• Portuguese: imortal — not susceptible to death
• Romanian: nemuritor — not susceptible to death
• Romanian: imortal — not susceptible to death
• Russian: бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj) — not susceptible to death
• Sanskrit: अमृत (amṛta) — not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐсмртан — not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: bèsmrtan — not susceptible to death
• Slovak: nesmrteľný — not susceptible to death
• Slovene: nesmrten — not susceptible to death
• Spanish: inmortal — not susceptible to death
• Swedish: odödlig — not susceptible to death
• Tocharian A: onkrac — not susceptible to death
• Tocharian B: oṅkrotte — not susceptible to death
• Turkish: ölümsüz — not susceptible to death
• Ukrainian: безсме́ртний (bezsmértnyj) — not susceptible to death
• Uzbek: oʻlmas — not susceptible to death
• Vietnamese: bất tử — not susceptible to death
• Vietnamese: bất diệt — not susceptible to death
• Vietnamese: sống mãi — not susceptible to death
• Azerbaijani: ölməz — never to be forgotten
• Chinese Mandarin: 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de) — never to be forgotten
• Chinese Mandarin: 流芳百世的 (liúfāngbǎishì de) — never to be forgotten
• Finnish: kuolematon — never to be forgotten
• French: inoubliable — never to be forgotten
• Galician: inmortal — never to be forgotten
• Galician: inmorrente — never to be forgotten
• Galician: inesquecible — never to be forgotten
• German: unvergesslich — never to be forgotten
• Hindi: अमिट (amiṭ) — never to be forgotten
• Hindi: अविनाशी (avināśī) — never to be forgotten
• Hungarian: halhatatlan — never to be forgotten
• Irish: buanseasmhach — never to be forgotten
• Italian: indimenticabile — never to be forgotten
• Portuguese: inesquecível — never to be forgotten
• Portuguese: imortal — never to be forgotten
• Russian: бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj) — never to be forgotten
• Turkish: unutulmaz — never to be forgotten
• Turkish: akıllardan silinmeyen — never to be forgotten
• Vietnamese: bất hủ — never to be forgotten
• Chinese Mandarin: 神仙 (shénxiān) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Esperanto: senmortulo — one that is not susceptible to death
• Finnish: kuolematon — one that is not susceptible to death
• French: immortel — one that is not susceptible to death
• Greek: αθάνατος (athánatos) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Hindi: अमर (amar) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Hungarian: halhatatlan — one that is not susceptible to death
• Italian: immortale — one that is not susceptible to death
• Central Kurdish: نەمر (nemir) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Latin: aeternus — one that is not susceptible to death
• Latin: immortalis — one that is not susceptible to death
• Persian: جاویدان (jâvidân) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Portuguese: imortal — one that is not susceptible to death
• Romanian: nemuritor — one that is not susceptible to death
• Romanian: nemuritoare — one that is not susceptible to death
• Russian: бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: бесмртник — one that is not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: besmrtnica — one that is not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: besmrtnik — one that is not susceptible to death
• Serbo-Croatian: бесмртница — one that is not susceptible to death
• Spanish: inmortal — one that is not susceptible to death
• Swahili: asiyekufa — one that is not susceptible to death
• Telugu: అమరుడు (amaruḍu) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Turkish: ölümsüz — one that is not susceptible to death
• Ukrainian: безсме́ртний (bezsmértnyj) — one that is not susceptible to death
• Vietnamese: bất tử — one that is not susceptible to death
• Vietnamese: thần tiên — one that is not susceptible to death