eternal

B1 Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ UK /ɪˈtɜː.nl̩/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #3769

Meanings

1

adj
Lasting forever; without end.

They promised each other eternal love.
2

adj
Seeming to go on forever in an annoying way; constant.

I'm tired of their eternal arguing.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lasting forever; without end. everlasting endless perpetual unending

2 adj · seeming to go on forever in... endless ceaseless

More agefulagelong amaranthine celestial enduringeterneeverduring evergreeneviternalforever

Opposites

ephemeral fleeting impermanent momentary mortal temporary transientunperpetualunperpetuated

Word family

Derived forms coeternaleternalismeternalisteternalityeternalize eternallyeternalnessnoneternalsupereternaluneternal

Related forms boundless ceaseless continual continuous eternalize eternity incessant infinite interminable limitless unceasing unlimited

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.

*h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European eternal Middle English aeternālis la-lat aeternus Latin

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Verbs of Movement

# eternal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ɪˈtɝ.nl̩
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈtɜː.nl̩
**Frequency rank:** 3769

## Meanings
1. Lasting forever; without end.
2. Seeming to go on forever in an annoying way; constant.

## Examples
- They promised each other eternal love.
- I'm tired of their eternal arguing.

## Synonyms
- ageful
- agelong
- amaranthine
- celestial
- endless
- enduring
- eterne
- everduring
- evergreen
- everlasting
- eviternal
- forever

## Antonyms
- ephemeral
- fleeting
- impermanent
- momentary
- mortal
- temporary
- transient
- unperpetual
- unperpetuated

## Derived Forms
- coeternal
- eternalism
- eternalist
- eternality
- eternalize
- eternally
- eternalness
- noneternal
- supereternal
- uneternal

## Related Forms
- boundless
- ceaseless
- continual
- continuous
- eternalize
- eternity
- incessant
- infinite
- interminable
- limitless
- unceasing
- unlimited

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ey-
- Root: eternal
- Root: aeternālis
- Root: aeternus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Eternal comes from Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe. In current use, the main senses are “Lasting forever; without end” and “Seeming to go on forever in an annoying way; constant”.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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