eterno
See also: eternò and Eterno
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈterno]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -erno
- Hyphenation: e‧ter‧no
Noun
eterno (accusative singular eternon, plural eternoj, accusative plural eternojn)
- eternity
- Synonym: eterneco
Related terms
- eterna
- eterne
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aeternus.
Adjective
eterno m (feminine singular eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
- eternal
- Synonym: (formal) eternal
Related terms
- eternidade
Further reading
- “eterno” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈtɛr.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛrno
- Hyphenation: e‧tèr‧no
Etymology 1
First attested 14th century. From Latin aeternus, from an earlier form aeviternus, derived from aevum (“time; age”).[1]
Alternative forms
- etterno (archaic)
Adjective
eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eterni, feminine plural eterne)
- eternal, everlasting
- Synonym: (archaic, poetic) eternale
- 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision], published 1833, page 11:
- Il corto termine alla vita posto
Non è da consumare in quelle cose,
che ’l bene eterno ci fanno nascosto.- The short limit set to life is not to be consumed in those things which make the eternal goodness hidden from us.
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quarantesimosecondo [Fourty-second Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 195:
- Piena d’un foco eterno è quella mazza,
Che senza consumarsi ogn’hora avampa;
Ne per buon scudo o tempra di corazza
O per grossezza d’elmo se ne scampa.- That mace is filled with an eternal fire, always burning without ever dying out; and no good shield, or tempered armour/armor, or thick helm is enough to escape it.
- 1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro I, Capitolo III”, in Gli asolani, published 1989:
- Infin quel dì, che pria la punse Amore,
Andromeda ebbe sempre affanno e noia;
Poi ch’a Perseo si diè, diletto e gioia
Seguilla viva, e morta eterno onore.- Until that day, before she was stung by Love, Andromeda was always bothered and bored; after she gave herself to Perseus, she was followed by delight and joy in life, and eternal honour/honor in death.
- 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Proemio”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, lines 1–4, page 51:
- Odio all’emula Roma acerbo eterno
Giurava il forte Annibale su l’ara:
Nè a vuoto usciva la minaccia amara,
Che gli era anzi di Gloria eccelso perno.- Harsh, eternal hatred to the rival Rome swore Hannibal the strong upon the altar; and the bitter threat was not in vain, but instead was paramount crux of glory to him.
- 1803, Ugo Foscolo, “Alla sera [To the Evening]”, in Sonetti [Sonnets], collected in Opere scelte di Ugo Foscolo, vol. 2, Florence, published 1835, page 116:
- Vagar mi fai co’ miei pensier su l’orme
Che vanno al nulla eterno; e intanto fugge
Questo reo tempo, e van con lui le torme
Delle cure, onde meco egli si strugge- You make me wander with my thoughts, on footprints leading to eternal nothingness; meanwhile, this guilty time passes, and with him the crowds of worries that make him struggle along with me
Derived terms
- eternamente
Noun
eterno m (uncountable)
- eternity
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “XII. L'infinito [12. The Infinite]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 8–11, page 49:
- […] E come il vento ¶ odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello ¶ infinito silenzio a questa voce ¶ vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno
- And, as I hear the wind blowing through these plants, I compare that infinite silence to this voice, and I think of eternity
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Related terms
- eternale
- eternare
- eternità
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
eterno
- first-person singular present indicative of eternare
References
- etèrno in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
Further reading
- eterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Nereto, entero-, tenero, tenore
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- aeterno (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aeternus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈtɛʁ.nu/ [eˈtɛɦ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eˈtɛɾ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eˈtɛʁ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈtɛɻ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈtɛɾ.nu/
- Hyphenation: e‧ter‧no
Adjective
eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
- eternal
- Synonym: eternal
Related terms
- eternamente
- eternidade
- eternizar
Further reading
- “eterno” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aeternus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈteɾno/ [eˈt̪eɾ.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: e‧ter‧no
Adjective
eterno (feminine eterna, masculine plural eternos, feminine plural eternas)
- eternal
- Synonym: eternal
Related terms
- edad
- eternal
- eternamente
- eternidad
- eternizar
Further reading
- “eterno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014