"sempiternal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-sempiternal.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|sempiternel}} Old French sempiternel, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|sempiternus}} Latin sempiternus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sempiternal (not comparable)
  1. Everlasting, eternal. Tags: not-comparable Translations (seemingly everlasting or eternal): вечен (večen) (Bulgarian), безкраен (bezkraen) (Bulgarian), ikiaikainen (Finnish), sempiternel (French), sempiterno (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sempiternal-en-adj-WC3VFj7h Disambiguation of 'seemingly everlasting or eternal': 62 38
  2. (philosophy) Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-sempiternal-en-adj-o5X3fFga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 95 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eternal Related terms: sempitern, sempiternally, sempiternity
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