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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieséternité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eternite
"Il attendait une éternité."
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Infinite or unending time, especially that regarded as an afterlife.
"She felt as though she had been waiting an eternity for the train."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'aeternitas', stemming from 'aevum' meaning 'age' or 'lifetime', combined with the suffix '-itas'. It entered Middle English via Old French as 'eternite', shifting in meaning from a long duration of time to infinite, endless time without beginning or end.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eternity" is said worldwide
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éternité
Transliteration: eternite
"Il attendait une éternité."
Ewigkeit
Transliteration: Ewigkeit
"Es kam mir wie eine Ewigkeit vor."
eternità
Transliteration: eternita
"È durato un'eternità."
eternidad
Transliteration: eternidad
"Pasaron una eternidad juntos."
eternidade
Transliteration: eternidade
"Parecia uma eternidade."
अनंत काल
Transliteration: anant kaal
"यह एक अनंत काल की तरह लगा।"
永恒
Transliteration: yongheng
"真爱是永恒的。"
영원
Transliteration: yeongwon
"그것은 영원처럼 느껴졌다."
永遠
Transliteration: eien
"それは永遠のように感じられた。"
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