immortal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis). Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
- Hyphenation: im‧mor‧tal
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Adjective
[edit]immortal (not comparable)
- Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
- his immortal words
- Connected with or relating to immortality.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- I have immortal longings in me.
- (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
- 1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted:
- immortal and mercyless butchery
Synonyms
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (never dying): indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable
- (being always remembered): unerasable
Translations
[edit]not susceptible to death
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never to be forgotten
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Noun
[edit]immortal (plural immortals)
- One who is not susceptible to death.
- A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
- A member of the Académie française.
- (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]one that is not susceptible to death
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Further reading
[edit]Persian Immortals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Académie française on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin immortālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [im.murˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.morˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [im.moɾˈtal]
Adjective
[edit]immortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural immortals)
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