different between immortal vs immortalise

English

Etymology

From Latin immort?lis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mort?lis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis). Displaced native undeadly, from Old English und?adl??.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m??t?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m??t?l/
• Hyphenation: im?mor?tal
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?l

Adjective

immortal (not comparable)

1. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
2. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

3. Connected with or relating to immortality.
4. (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
   • 1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted

     immortal and mercyless butchery

Synonyms

• undeadly
• deathless
• everlasting

Antonyms

• mortal

Derived terms

• immortality
• immortally

Related terms

• (never dying): indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable
• (being always remembered): unerasable

Translations

Noun

immortal (plural immortals)

1. One who is not susceptible to death.
2. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
3. A member of the Académie française.
4. (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

   Synonyms: immort, wizard

   • 1999, "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals (on newsgroup rec.games.mud.announce)

     Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^[sic].

Translations

Related terms

• mortal
• mortality
• mortician

Further reading

• Persian Immortals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Académie française on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin immort?lis

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.mo??tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.mur?tal/

Adjective

immortal (masculine and feminine plural immortals)

1. immortal

Antonyms

• mortal

Related terms

• immortalitat

English

Alternative forms

• immortalize (US)

Etymology

From immortal +? -ise. Perhaps modelled on Middle French immortaliser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?m??(?).t?.?la?z/

Verb

immortalise (third-person singular simple present immortalises, present participle immortalising, simple past and past participle immortalised)

1. (British spelling, transitive) To give unending life to, to make immortal.
2. (transitive) To make eternally famous.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)[1]

     The clocks at either end of the stadium had just ticked past 92 minutes when Branislav Ivanovic made the run that will immortalise him in Chelsea's history.

Derived terms

• immortalisation

Translations

Anagrams

• memorialist

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: immortalisent, immortalises

Verb

immortalise

1. first-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
2. third-person singular present indicative of immortaliser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of immortaliser
5. second-person singular imperative of immortaliser