"endless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛndlɪs/, /ˈɛndləs/ Audio: en-us-endless.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|endeles}} Middle English endeles, {{inh|en|ang|endelēas||endless}} Old English endelēas (“endless”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*andijalausaz||endless}} Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), {{suffix|en|end|less}} end + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} endless (not comparable)
  1. Having no end. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (having no end): unending Translations (having no end): ᾰ̓́πειρος (ápeiros) (Ancient Greek), ἀνήνυτος (anḗnutos) (Ancient Greek), ἀανής (aanḗs) (Ancient Greek), անվերջ (anverǰ) (Armenian), безкраен (bezkraen) (Bulgarian), interminable (Catalan), 不盡 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 不尽 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 不盡 (Chinese Cantonese), 不尽 (bat¹ zeon⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 無窮 (Chinese Mandarin), 无穷 (wúqióng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不盡 (Chinese Mandarin), 不尽 (bùjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), nekonečný (Czech), endeløs (Danish), eindeloos (Dutch), senfina (Esperanto), loputon (Finnish), loppumaton (Finnish), päättymätön (Finnish), infini (French), interminable (French), perpétuel (French), infindo (Galician), infinito (Galician), sen termo (Galician), sen fin (Galician), უსასრულო (usasrulo) (Georgian), დაუსრულებელი (dausrulebeli) (Georgian), გაუთავებელი (gautavebeli) (Georgian), უთავბოლო (utavbolo) (Georgian), უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) (Georgian), endlos (German), unbegrenzt (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (andilaus) (Gothic), ατελείωτος (ateleíotos) (Greek), ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos) (Greek), otsatoin (Ingrian), interminabile (Italian), senza fine (Italian), infinito (Italian), 無限の (mugen no) (alt: むげん) (Japanese), 果てしない (hateshinai) (alt: はてしない) (Japanese), អនន្ត (ʼaʼnɑn) (Khmer), infīnītus (Latin), aeternus (Latin), nebeidzams (Latvian), begalinis (Lithuanian), endeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), بیپایان (bê-pâyân) (Persian), infinito (Portuguese), infindável (Portuguese), incessante (Portuguese), infindo (Portuguese), fără sfârșit (Romanian), nesfârșit (Romanian), interminabil (Romanian), бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) (Russian), अनन्त (ananta) (Sanskrit), sìorraidh (Scottish Gaelic), bezgraničan (Serbo-Croatian), interminable (Spanish), sinfín (Spanish), infinito (Spanish), ändlös (Swedish), అంతములేని (antamulēni) (Telugu), అనంతము (anantamu) (Telugu), อนันต์ (à-nan) (Thai), sonsuz (Turkish), bitmeyen (Turkish), لامتناہی (lāmutanāhī) (Urdu), annherfynol (Welsh), bythol (Welsh), diddiwedd (Welsh), diderfyn (Welsh), didranc (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-endless-en-adj-zr0dR45t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 35 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 46 32 23 Disambiguation of 'having no end': 92 3 5 Disambiguation of 'having no end': 92 3 5
  2. Extending indefinitely. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (extending indefinitely): eternal Translations (indefinite): inacabable (Catalan), uendelig (Danish), oneindig (Dutch), grenzeloos (Dutch), loputon (Finnish), loppumaton (Finnish), päättymätön (Finnish), განუსაზღვრელი (ganusazɣvreli) (Georgian), უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) (Georgian), unbegrenzt (German), unbeschränkt (German), unendlich (German), ατελείωτος (ateleíotos) (Greek), ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos) (Greek), bezgalīgs (Latvian), bezkresny (Polish), nesfârșit (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-endless-en-adj-DShi47oB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Infinity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 35 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 25 Disambiguation of Infinity: 36 64 0 Disambiguation of 'extending indefinitely': 8 89 3 Disambiguation of 'indefinite': 29 65 6
  3. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-endless-en-adj-1QtSQ2jm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 35 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infinite, unlimited, eternal, endless, neverending, termless, unendly [rare] Derived forms: endless belt, endless chain, endless galaxy, endless loop, endlessly, endlessness, endless runner, endless saw, endless screw, endless September Coordinate_terms: beginningless

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          "sense": "having no end",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dausrulebeli",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "დაუსრულებელი"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "having no end",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "utavbolo",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "უთავბოლო"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "usazɣvro",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "უსაზღვრო"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "endlos"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "unbegrenzt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "andilaus",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ateleíotos",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "ατελείωτος"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "atéleiotos",
          "sense": "having no end",
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ápeiros",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "ᾰ̓́πειρος"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anḗnutos",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "ἀνήνυτος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "aanḗs",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "ἀανής"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "otsatoin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "interminabile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "senza fine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infinito"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "alt": "むげん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mugen no",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "無限の"
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          "alt": "はてしない",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hateshinai",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "果てしない"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaʼnɑn",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "អនន្ត"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infīnītus"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "aeternus"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "nebeidzams"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "begalinis"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "endeløs"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bê-pâyân",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "بیپایان"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infinito"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infindável"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "incessante"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infindo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "fără sfârșit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "nesfârșit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "interminabil"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "beskonéčnyj",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "бесконе́чный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "ananta",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "अनन्त"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "sìorraidh"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "bezgraničan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "interminable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "sinfín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "infinito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "ändlös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "antamulēni",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "అంతములేని"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "anantamu",
          "sense": "having no end",
          "word": "అనంతము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "à-nan",
          "sense": "having no end",
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      "word": "անվերջ"
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      "word": "безкраен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "不盡"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "bat¹ zeon⁶",
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      "word": "不尽"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "無窮"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "无穷"
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      "code": "cmn",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bùjìn",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "nekonečný"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "endeløs"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "eindeloos"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "senfina"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "loputon"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "having no end",
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infindo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infinito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "sen termo"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "sen fin"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "usasrulo",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "უსასრულო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "dausrulebeli",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "დაუსრულებელი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "უთავბოლო"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "უსაზღვრო"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "endlos"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "andilaus",
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      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ateleíotos",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "ατελείωτος"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "interminabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "senza fine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infinito"
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      "alt": "むげん",
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      "word": "無限の"
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      "alt": "はてしない",
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      "word": "អនន្ត"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "aeternus"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "nebeidzams"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "having no end",
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    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "endeløs"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bê-pâyân",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "بیپایان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infinito"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infindável"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "incessante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infindo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "fără sfârșit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "nesfârșit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "interminabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beskonéčnyj",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "бесконе́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ananta",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "अनन्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "sìorraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "bezgraničan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "interminable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "sinfín"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "infinito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "ändlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "antamulēni",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "అంతములేని"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anantamu",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "అనంతము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nan",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "อนันต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "sonsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "bitmeyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lāmutanāhī",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "لامتناہی"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "annherfynol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "bythol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "diddiwedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "diderfyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no end",
      "word": "didranc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "inacabable"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "uendelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "oneindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "grenzeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "loputon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "loppumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "päättymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganusazɣvreli",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "განუსაზღვრელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "usazɣvro",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "უსაზღვრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "unbegrenzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "unbeschränkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "unendlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ateleíotos",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "ατελείωτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "atéleiotos",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "ατέλειωτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "bezgalīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "bezkresny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indefinite",
      "word": "nesfârșit"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Endless"
  ],
  "word": "endless"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": put-chīn vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "endless",
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