eterne

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English eterne, from Old French eterne, from Latin aeternus.

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Adjective

eterne (comparative more eterne, superlative most eterne)

  1. (obsolete) Eternal.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The substance is eterne, and bideth so; / Ne when the life decayes and forme does fade, / Doth it consume and into nothing goe [...].
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      And neuer did the Cyclops hammers fall / On Mars his Armours, forg'd for proofe Eterne, / With lesse remorse then Pyrrhus bleeding sword / Now falles on Priam.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1857, →OCLC:
      Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
      The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
      In measure to the proclive weight and rush
      Of His inner nature […]

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Adverb

eterne

  1. forever, eternally

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈtɛr.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrne
  • Hyphenation: e‧tèr‧ne

Adjective

eterne

  1. feminine plural of eterno

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French eterne, from Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈtɛːrn(ə)/, /ɛˈtɛrn(ə)/

Adjective

eterne

  1. Eternal, permanent; having existed (and existing) forever.
  2. Endless, unending; lasting forever.
  3. (rare) Long-lasting; non-ephemeral.

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Descendants

  • English: eterne, etern (obsolete)
  • Scots: eterne, etern (obsolete)

References

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Noun

eterne m

  1. definite plural of eter

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