"imperishable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-imperishable.ogg
Etymology: From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|impérissable}} Middle French impérissable, {{af|en|in-|perishable|alt1=im-}} im- + perishable Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} imperishable
  1. Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently. Translations (not perishable): ἄφθιτος (áphthitos) (Ancient Greek), անկորնչելի (ankornčʻeli) (Armenian), onvergankelijk (Dutch), häviämätön (Finnish), vanhenematon (Finnish), ikuinen (Finnish), impérissable (French), 𐌿𐌽𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (unriureis) (Gothic), अविनाशी (avināśī) (Hindi), अक्षय (akṣay) [masculine] (Hindi), onvejenkjlich (Plautdietsch), nieginący (Polish), niezniszczalny (Polish), अक्षय (akṣaya) (Sanskrit), अमृत (amṛta) (Sanskrit), अनश्वर (anaśvara) (Sanskrit), imperecedero (Spanish)
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Noun

Audio: en-us-imperishable.ogg Forms: imperishables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|impérissable}} Middle French impérissable, {{af|en|in-|perishable|alt1=im-}} im- + perishable Head templates: {{en-noun}} imperishable (plural imperishables)
  1. (in the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time Tags: in-plural
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