different between perpetually vs interminable

English

Etymology

perpetual +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??p?t?u?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??p?t???li/, /p??p?tj??li/
• Hyphenation: per?pet?u?al?ly

Adverb

perpetually (comparative more perpetually, superlative most perpetually)

1. Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.

Synonyms

• ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French interminable, from Late Latin interminabilis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?t??(?).m?n.?.b?l/

Adjective

interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)

1. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.

Translations

Noun

interminable (plural interminables)

1. (mathematics, dated) A repeating decimal.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin intermin?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.t??.mi?na.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.t?r.mi?na.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.te?.mi?na.ble/

Adjective

interminable (masculine and feminine plural interminables)

1. interminable, unending

Derived terms

• interminablement

Further reading

• “interminable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “interminable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “interminable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “interminable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intermin?bilis. Synchronically analysable as in- +? terminer +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.mi.nabl/

Adjective

interminable (plural interminables)

1. unending, endless, ceaseless, neverending

Further reading

• “interminable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

interminable (plural interminables)

1. unending, interminable

   Synonym: inacabable

Related terms

• terminar