eternityin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 永遠えいえん eien —
French éternité /e.tɛʁ.ni.te/ feminine
Italian eternità /e.ter.niˈta/ feminine
Spanish eternidad /e.teɾ.niˈðað/ feminine
German Ewigkeit /ˈeː.vɪç.kaɪ̯t/ feminine
Korean 영원Hanja 永遠 yeongwon —
Chinese 永恒Traditional 永恆 yǒnghéng —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • Japanese (永遠)Used both as a noun (eternity) and adverbially as 永遠に (eien ni, forever).
  • Italian (eternità)Stress falls on the final à.
  • Spanish (eternidad)The final d is barely audible.
  • Chinese (永恒)The adverb “forever” is 永远 (yǒngyuǎn).