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The condition of being immortal.
Never dying
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, natural-sciences, philosophy, religion, sciences
Examples
In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.
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The condition of being immortal.
Being remembered forever
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, natural-sciences, philosophy, religion, sciences
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the quality or state of being immortal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: mortality
Broader terms: permanence, permanency
perpetual life after death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: afterlife, hereafter
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
خُلُود
(ḵulūd)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Armenian :
անմահություն
(anmahutʻyun)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Asturian :
inmortalidá
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Azerbaijani :
ölməzlik
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Azerbaijani :
ölümsüzlük
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Belarusian :
бессмяро́тнаць
(bjessmjarótnacʹ)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Bulgarian :
безсмъ́ртие
(bezsmǎ́rtie)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Catalan :
immortalitat
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Chichewa :
chamuyaya
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Chinese Mandarin :
不朽
(bùxiǔ)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Chinese Mandarin :
永生
(yǒngshēng)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Ngazidja Comorian :
uhayati wa ɗaima
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Czech :
nesmrtelnost
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Danish :
udødelighed
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Dutch :
onsterfelijkheid
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Esperanto :
senmorteco
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Estonian :
surematus
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Finnish :
kuolemattomuus
— condition of not being susceptible to death
French :
immortalité
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Galician :
inmortalidade
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Georgian :
უკვდავება
(uḳvdaveba)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
German :
Unsterblichkeit
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Gothic :
𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹
(undiwanei)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Greek :
αθανασία
(athanasía)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Ancient Greek :
ἀθανασία
(athanasía)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Hebrew :
אלמות
(almavet)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Hebrew :
אלמלא
(ilmalei)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Hebrew :
אלמלי
(ilmalei)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Hindi :
चिरस्थायित्व
(cirasthāyitva)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Hungarian :
halhatatlanság
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Icelandic :
ódauðleiki
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Italian :
immortalità
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Japanese :
不老不死
(furōfushi)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Japanese :
不朽
(fukyū)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Japanese :
不死
(fushi)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Japanese :
永生
(eisei)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Korean :
불사신
(bulsasin)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Kyrgyz :
өлбөстүк
(ölböstük)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Kyrgyz :
өлүмсүздүк
(ölümsüzdük)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Latin :
immortālitās
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Latvian :
nemirstība
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Macedonian :
бесмртност
(besmrtnost)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Norwegian Bokmål :
udødelighet
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Old English :
undēadlīcnes
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Persian :
نامیرایی
(nāmīrāyī)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Polish :
nieśmiertelność
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Portuguese :
imortalidade
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Romanian :
imortalitate
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Russian :
бессме́ртие
(bessmértije)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Russian :
бессме́ртность
(bessmértnostʹ)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Serbo-Croatian :
бѐсмртно̄ст
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Serbo-Croatian :
bèsmrtnōst
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Slovak :
nesmrteľnosť
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Slovene :
nesmrtnost
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Spanish :
inmortalidad
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Swahili :
hali ya kutokufa
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Swedish :
odödlighet
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Tagalog :
kawalang-kamatayan
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Thai :
อมตภาพ
(à-má-dtà-pâap)
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Turkish :
ölümsüzlük
— condition of not being susceptible to death
Ukrainian :
безсме́ртя
(bezsmértja)
— condition of not being susceptible to death