eterne

[ ih-turn ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. eternal.

eterne

/ ɪˈtɜːn /

adjective

1. See eternal
   an archaic or poetic word for eternal

Word History and Origins

Origin of eterne¹

1325–75; Middle English < Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, equivalent to aev ( um ) age + -i- -i- + -ternus, extended form of -ernus suffix of temporal adjectives

Word History and Origins

Origin of eterne¹

C14: from Old French, from Latin aeternus

Example Sentences

My regret is that she, who could be "a vision eterne," should be doomed to receive episodically your considerate affection.

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Vasari writes of him, "che faceva l'opere di terra quasi eterne."

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Ne konduku nin en tenton; sed liberigu nin de la malbono: car Via estas la regado, la forto, kaj la gloro eterne.

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She engendered them in her own fruitful breast, and her "copy is eterne."

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The form 'eterne' occurs in Shakespeare only in Macbeth, iii.

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