"eternal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American], /iˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-eternal.ogg [US] Forms: more eternal [comparative], most eternal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{inh|en|enm|eternal}} Middle English eternal, {{der|en|fro|eternal}} Old French eternal, {{der|en|LL.|aeternālis}} Late Latin aeternālis, {{der|en|la|aeternus|t=eternal}} Latin aeternus (“eternal”), {{m|la|aevum|t=age}} aevum (“age”), {{ncog|ang|ēċe}} Old English ēċe Head templates: {{en-adj}} eternal (comparative more eternal, superlative most eternal)
  1. Lasting forever; unending. Synonyms: agelong, endless, everlasting, permanent, sempiternal, unending, eternal Translations (lasting forever): amshuar (Albanian), αἰώνιος (aiṓnios) (Ancient Greek), أَبَدِيّ (ʔabadiyy) (Arabic), հավերժական (haveržakan) (Armenian), անմեռ (anmeṙ) (Armenian), անմեռական (anmeṙakan) (Armenian), հավիտենական (havitenakan) (Armenian), daim (Azerbaijani), ömürlük (Azerbaijani), əbədi (Azerbaijani), мәңге (məñge) (Bashkir), ве́чны (vjéčny) (Belarusian), অনন্ত (onnto) (Bengali), অমর (omor) (Bengali), ве́чен (véčen) (Bulgarian), etern (Catalan), eternal (Catalan), 永遠 (Chinese Mandarin), 永远 (yǒngyuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 永久 (yǒngjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), таӈӄонпыӈӄэн (taṇqonpyṇqėn) (Chukchi), вѣчьнъ (věčĭnŭ) [Cyrillic] (Church Slavic), věčný (Czech), eeuwig (Dutch), eindeloos (Dutch), eterna (Esperanto), ikuinen (Finnish), päättymätön (Finnish), éternel (French), eterno (Galician), eternal (Galician), მარადი (maradi) (Georgian), სამუდამო (samudamo) (Georgian), სამარადისო (samaradiso) (Georgian), მუდმივი (mudmivi) (Georgian), წარუვალი (c̣aruvali) (Georgian), ewig (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (aiweins) (Gothic), αιώνιος (aiónios) (Greek), נִצְחִי (nitzḥí) [masculine] (Hebrew), सनातन (sanātan) [masculine] (Hindi), örök (Hungarian), örökös (Hungarian), örökkévaló (Hungarian), eilífur (Icelandic), eterna (Ido), abadi (Indonesian), kekal (Indonesian), langgeng (Indonesian), tetap (Indonesian), permanen (Indonesian), síoraí (Irish), eterno (Italian), 永遠の (eien no) (alt: えいえんの) (Japanese), 永久の (eikyū no) (alt: えいきゅうの) (Japanese), мәңгі (mäñgı) (Kazakh), бақи (baqi) (Kazakh), គ្មានទីបំផុត (kmien tii bɑmpʰot) (Khmer), 영원하다 (yeong'wonhada) (Korean), aeternus (Latin), sempiternus (Latin), вечен (večen) (Macedonian), mutungakore (Maori), eternal (Middle English), eterne (Middle English), мөнх (mönx) (Mongolian), êtèrnel [Jersey] (Norman), ebedî (Northern Kurdish), herherî (Northern Kurdish), hetahetayî (Northern Kurdish), bêdawî (Northern Kurdish), evig (Norwegian), endeløs (Norwegian), evinnelig (Norwegian), etèrn (Occitan), eternal (Occitan), ēċe (Old English), صوڭسز (soñsız) (Ottoman Turkish), ابدی (ebedî) (Ottoman Turkish), دایم (daim) (Ottoman Turkish), موبد (muʿebbed) (Ottoman Turkish), جاوید (jâvid) (Persian), ابدی (abadi) (Persian), eewich (Plautdietsch), wieczny (Polish), wieczysty (Polish), wiekuisty (Polish), bezczasowy (Polish), pozaczasowy (Polish), eterno (Portuguese), ве́чный (véčnyj) (Russian), सनातन (sanātana) (Sanskrit), maireannach (Scottish Gaelic), sìorraidh (Scottish Gaelic), ве̏чан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), вје̏чан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vȅčan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vjȅčan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vekotrajan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vekovečan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), večný (Slovak), večen (Slovene), eterno (Spanish), eternal (Spanish), -a milele (Swahili), evig (Swedish), ṣekaññe (Tocharian B), sonsuz (Turkish), ebedî (Turkish), bengi (Turkish), ömürlik (Turkmen), baky (Turkmen), ebedi (Turkmen), ві́чний (víčnyj) (Ukrainian), abadiy (Uzbek), mangu (Uzbek), didranc (Welsh), אייביק (eybik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-eternal-en-adj-hbOHdloA Categories (other): Infinity Disambiguation of Infinity: 39 32 7 5 17 Disambiguation of 'lasting forever': 84 8 8 1
  2. (philosophy) Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly. Categories (topical): Philosophy, Time Synonyms: timeless, atemporal, timeless
    Sense id: en-eternal-en-adj--1jBaYqD Disambiguation of Time: 18 59 10 0 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 38 9 17 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 48 10 20 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 41 15 16 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 17 47 8 19 10 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (hyperbolic) Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present. Tags: excessive
    Sense id: en-eternal-en-adj-lk1Gs4pF Categories (other): English hyperboles
  4. (dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier. Tags: dated Synonyms: awful
    Sense id: en-eternal-en-adj-jM3~wkVu Categories (other): English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers Disambiguation of English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers: 17 23 10 38 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: coeternal, deathless, everflowing, unfading, ageless, immortal, never-dying

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American], /iˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-eternal.ogg [US] Forms: eternals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{inh|en|enm|eternal}} Middle English eternal, {{der|en|fro|eternal}} Old French eternal, {{der|en|LL.|aeternālis}} Late Latin aeternālis, {{der|en|la|aeternus|t=eternal}} Latin aeternus (“eternal”), {{m|la|aevum|t=age}} aevum (“age”), {{ncog|ang|ēċe}} Old English ēċe Head templates: {{en-noun}} eternal (plural eternals)
  1. One who lives forever; an immortal.
    Sense id: en-eternal-en-noun-fPk1uohq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æternal [archaic], æternall, eternall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding",
          "text": "But here again it is another question, quite different from our having an idea of eternity, to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.",
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          "ref": "1700 [c. 1387–1400], John, transl. Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables, Ancient and Modern, translation of The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer",
          "text": "Thy smoking altar shall be fat with food / Of incense and the grateful steam of blood; / Burnt-offerings morn and evening shall be thine, / And fires eternal in thy temple shine.",
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          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire",
          "text": "Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die.\nWe are eternal. The pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything.",
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          "ref": "2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.",
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          "sense": "lasting forever",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "անմեռ"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anmeṙakan",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "անմեռական"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "havitenakan",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "հավիտենական"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "daim"
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        {
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "ömürlük"
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        {
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "əbədi"
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        {
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "məñge",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "мәңге"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjéčny",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "ве́чны"
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        {
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "onnto",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "অনন্ত"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "omor",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "অমর"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "véčen",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "ве́чен"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "etern"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "eternal"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "永遠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒngyuǎn",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "永远"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒngjiǔ",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "永久"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "ckt",
          "lang": "Chukchi",
          "roman": "taṇqonpyṇqėn",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "таӈӄонпыӈӄэн"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "věčný"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "eeuwig"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "eindeloos"
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "eterna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "ikuinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "päättymätön"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "éternel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 8 8 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "lasting forever",
          "word": "eterno"
        },
        {
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "անմեռ"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "daim"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ömürlük"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "əbədi"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
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      "word": "мәңге"
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "অনন্ত"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "omor",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "অমর"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "ве́чен"
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      "code": "ca",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "eternal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "永遠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yǒngyuǎn",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "word": "таӈӄонпыӈӄэн"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "věčný"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "eeuwig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eindeloos"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eterna"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ikuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "päättymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "éternel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eterno"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "eternal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "maradi",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "მარადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "სამუდამო"
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      "word": "სამარადისო"
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "მუდმივი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "წარუვალი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "ewig"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aiweins",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "örök"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "örökös"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "örökkévaló"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eilífur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
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      "word": "eterna"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "abadi"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "kekal"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "langgeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "tetap"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "permanen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "síoraí"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eterno"
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      "alt": "えいえんの",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "永遠の"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eikyū no",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "永久の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mäñgı",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "мәңгі"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "бақи"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kmien tii bɑmpʰot",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "គ្មានទីបំផុត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeong'wonhada",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "영원하다"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ebedî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "herherî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "hetahetayî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "bêdawî"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "aeternus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "sempiternus"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "večen",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "вечен"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "mutungakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eternal"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eterne"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "mönx",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "мөнх"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "evig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "endeløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "evinnelig"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "etèrn"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eternal"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "вѣчьнъ"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ēċe"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "موبد"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "جاوید"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "wieczysty"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "eterno"
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      "word": "ве́чный"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "सनातन"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "maireannach"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "sìorraidh"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "code": "sk",
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    {
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "večen"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eterno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "eternal"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "-a milele"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "evig"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ṣekaññe"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "sonsuz"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ebedî"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "bengi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ömürlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
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      "word": "baky"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
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      "word": "ebedi"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "víčnyj",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "ві́чний"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "abadiy"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "mangu"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "lasting forever",
      "word": "didranc"
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        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "æternal"
    },
    {
      "word": "æternall"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "eternall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eternal"
}

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