"ad infinitum" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-ad infinitum.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪtəm Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad infinitum (“to infinity”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|ad infinitum|t=to infinity}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad infinitum (“to infinity”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} ad infinitum (not comparable)
  1. Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly. Wikipedia link: ad infinitum Tags: not-comparable Translations (endlessly): до безкра́йност (do bezkrájnost) (Bulgarian), безкра́йно (bezkrájno) (Bulgarian), 無限制 (Chinese Mandarin), 无限制 (wú xiànzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 無休止地 (Chinese Mandarin), 无休止地 (wú xiūzhǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不休 (bùxiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 不斷地 (Chinese Mandarin), 不断地 (bùduàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不已 (bùyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), do nekonečna (Czech), in oneindigheid (Dutch), voor altijd (Dutch), ikuisesti (Finnish), loputtomasti (Finnish), loputtomiin (Finnish), à l’infini (French), endlos (German), ad infinitum (German), επ' άπειρον (ep' ápeiron) (Greek), निरवधि (niravdhi) (Hindi), végtelenségig (Hungarian), vég nélkül (Hungarian), 無限に (mugen ni) (alt: むげんに) (Japanese), 際限なく (saigen naku) (alt: さいげんなく) (Japanese), 영구히 (yeongguhi) (Korean), ad īnfīnītum (Latin), i all uendelighet (Norwegian), uten slutt (Norwegian), nieskończenie (Polish), do nieskończoności (Polish), ad infinitum (Portuguese), infinitamente (Portuguese), бесконе́чно (beskonéčno) (Russian), до бесконе́чности (do beskonéčnosti) (Russian), бесконачно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), инфинитивно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), бескрајност [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), до бескрајности [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), безгранично [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), неодређено [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), beskonačno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), infinitivno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), beskrajno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), do beskrajnosti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bezgranično [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neodređeno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), al infinito (Spanish), indefinidamente (Spanish), sinfín (Spanish), i all oändlighet (Swedish), utan slut (Swedish), walang hanggan (Tagalog), walang hangganan (Tagalog), vô cùng (Vietnamese)

Adverb [Latin]

IPA: /ad in.fiːˈniː.tum/ [Classical-Latin], [äd̪ ĩːfiːˈniːt̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ad in.fiˈni.tum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äd̪ iɱfiˈniːt̪um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: ad īnfīnītum [canonical]
Head templates: {{la-adv|ad īnfīnītum|-}} ad īnfīnītum (not comparable)
  1. to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: in īnfīnītō, in īnfīnītum
    Sense id: en-ad_infinitum-la-adv-q4I-gQ8l Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Adverb [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈad ĩˈfĩ.ni.tũ/ [Brazil], /ˈad ĩˈfĩ.ni.tũ/ [Brazil], /ˈad ĩˈfi.ni.tũ/ [Southern-Brazil]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfinītum. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|ad īnfinītum}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfinītum Head templates: {{pt-adv|hascomp=no}} ad infinitum (not comparable)
  1. ad infinitum; endlessly Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: sempre
    Sense id: en-ad_infinitum-pt-adv-I4tvqxEA Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "code": "pl",
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          "ref": "1984, Milan Kundera, part I (Lightness and Weight), chapter I, in Michael Henry Heim, transl., The Unbearable Lightness of Being, London: Faber and Faber, translation of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, published 1985, →ISBN, page 3:",
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      "word": "不休"
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      "word": "不断地"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùyǐ",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "不已"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "do nekonečna"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "in oneindigheid"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "voor altijd"
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "ikuisesti"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "loputtomasti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "loputtomiin"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "à l’infini"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "endlos"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "ad infinitum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ep' ápeiron",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "επ' άπειρον"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "niravdhi",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "निरवधि"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "végtelenségig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "vég nélkül"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むげんに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mugen ni",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "無限に"
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      "alt": "さいげんなく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saigen naku",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "際限なく"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeongguhi",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "영구히"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "ad īnfīnītum"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "i all uendelighet"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "uten slutt"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "nieskończenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "do nieskończoności"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "ad infinitum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "infinitamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beskonéčno",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "бесконе́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do beskonéčnosti",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "до бесконе́чности"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бесконачно"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "инфинитивно"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бескрајност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "безгранично"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "неодређено"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "beskonačno"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "infinitivno"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "do beskrajnosti"
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      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bezgranično"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neodređeno"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "al infinito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "indefinidamente"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "sinfín"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "i all oändlighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "utan slut"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "walang hanggan"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "walang hangganan"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "endlessly",
      "word": "vô cùng"
    }
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}

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          "ad infinitum#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈad ĩˈfĩ.ni.tũ/",
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        "Brazil"
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}

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