ad infinitum
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The infinity symbol
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ăd ĭn′fə-nī′təm
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/
- (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnʌɪ.təm/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnɑɪ.təm/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɛd ˌən.fəˈnaɪ.təm/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnʌi.təm/, /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnəi.təm/
- (India) IPA(key): /æɖ ˌin.fiˈnaj.ʈəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtəm
- Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum
Adverb
ad infinitum (not comparable)
- Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly.
- 1984, Milan Kundera, part I (Lightness and Weight), chapter I, in Michael Henry Heim, transl., The Unbearable Lightness of Being, London: Faber and Faber, translation of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, published 1985, →ISBN, page 3:
- The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum!
Translations
endlessly
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ad infinitum
- ad infinitum (endlessly)
- Synonyms: in infinitum, endlos
References
- “ad infinitum” in Duden online
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adverb
ad īnfīnītum (not comparable)
- to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure
Descendants
- → German: ad infinitum (learned)
- → English: ad infinitum (learned)
- → Spanish: ad infinitum (learned)
- → Polish: ad infinitum (learned)
- → Portuguese: ad infinitum (learned)
References
- “in-fīnītus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infīnītus ¶4 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “814/3”
- “infīnītus ¶2” on page 900/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Polish
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) ad inf.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ad infinitum (not comparable)
- ad infinitum (endlessly)
Further reading
- ad infinitum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ad infinitum (not comparable)
- ad infinitum (endlessly)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌad infiˈnitum/
Audio (El Salvador): (file) - Syllabification: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum
Adverb
ad infinitum
- ad infinitum (endlessly)
- Synonym: indefinidamente
References
- “ad infinitum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10