ad infinitum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad infinitum (“to infinity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtəm
- Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum
Adverb
[edit]ad infinitum (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]endlessly
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad in.fiːˈniː.tum/, [äd̪ ĩːfiːˈniːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad in.fiˈni.tum/, [äd̪ iɱfiˈniːt̪um]
Adverb
[edit]ad īnfīnītum (not comparable)
- to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure
Descendants
[edit]- → English: ad infinitum (learned)
- → Portuguese: ad infinitum (learned)
References
[edit]- “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)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfinītum.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Adverb
[edit]ad infinitum (not comparable)
- ad infinitum; endlessly
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre
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