See perpetuity on Wiktionary
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"roman": "eisei",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"word": "永世"
},
{
"alt": "こうきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōkyū",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"word": "恒久"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sempiternitās"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perpetuitās"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"word": "keabadian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "abad",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"word": "ابد"
},
{
"code": "phn",
"lang": "Phoenician",
"roman": "dr",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"word": "𐤃𐤓"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perpetuidade"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the quality or state of being perpetual",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perpetuidad"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "požiznena renta",
"sense": "an annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пожизнена рента"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perpetuita"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buanbhlianacht"
}
],
"word": "perpetuity"
}
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