immortal

English

Etymology

From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis). Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
• Hyphenation: im‧mor‧tal

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl

Adjective

immortal (not comparable)

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

   his immortal words

3. Connected with or relating to immortality.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     I have immortal longings in me.

4. (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
   • 1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted:

     immortal and mercyless butchery

Synonyms

• deathless
• everlasting
• undeadly
• undying

Antonyms

• mortal

Derived terms

• immortality
• immortal jellyfish
• immortally
• immortal rind

 

Related terms

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

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Translations

not susceptible to death

• Arabic: خَالِد (ar) m (ḵālid)
• Armenian: անմահ (hy) (anmah), անմեռ (hy) (anmeṙ), անմեռական (anmeṙakan)
• Asturian: inmortal
• Azerbaijani: ölməz (az)
• Belarusian: бессмяро́тны (bjessmjarótny)
• Bulgarian: безсмъ́ртен (bg) (bezsmǎ́rten)
• Catalan: immortal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de)

• Czech: nesmrtelný (cs) m
• Danish: udødelig (da)
• Dutch: onsterfelijk (nl), ondoodbaar
• Esperanto: senmorta
• Estonian: surematu
• Finnish: kuolematon (fi)
• French: immortel (fr)
• Galician: inmortal (gl), inmorrente
• Georgian: უკვდავი (uḳvdavi)
• German: unsterblich (de)
• Greek: αθάνατος (el) (athánatos)

  Ancient: ἀθάνατος (athánatos), (Poetic) ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos)

• Hindi: अमर (hi) (amar)
• Hungarian: halhatatlan (hu)
• Icelandic: ódauðlegur (is)
• Indonesian: kekal (id), abadi (id)
• Irish: neamhbhásmhar, buan, síoraí, bithbheo
• Italian: immortale (it)
• Japanese: 不滅の (ja) (fumetsu no), 死なない (shinanai), 潰れない (tsuburenai)
• Kazakh: өлімсіз (ölımsız), өлмес (ölmes)
• Korean: 불사하다 (bulsahada)
• Kumyk: оьлюмсюз (ölümsüz)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نەمر (nemir)

  Northern Kurdish: nemir (ku), hersax (ku), herheyî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: өлбөс (ölbös), өлүмсүз (ölümsüz)
• Latin: immortalis m, aeternus (la) m
• Macedonian: бесмртен (besmrten)
• Manx: neuvarvaanagh, neuvaasoil
• Maori: mutungakore
• Middle English: undedly
• Norwegian: udødelig (no)
• Occitan: immortal
• Old English: undēadlīċ
• Persian: نامیرا (fa) (nâmirâ)
• Plautdietsch: onstoaflich
• Polish: nieśmiertelny (pl) m
• Portuguese: imortal (pt)
• Romanian: nemuritor (ro), imortal
• Russian: бессме́ртный (ru) m (bessmértnyj)
• Sanskrit: अमृत (sa) (amṛta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѐсмртан

  Roman: bèsmrtan (sh)

• Slovak: nesmrteľný
• Slovene: nesmrten (sl)
• Spanish: inmortal
• Swedish: odödlig (sv)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian A: onkrac
• Tocharian B: oṅkrotte
• Turkish: ölümsüz (tr)
• Ukrainian: безсме́ртний (uk) (bezsmértnyj)
• Uzbek: oʻlmas (uz)
• Vietnamese: bất tử (vi)

never to be forgotten

• Azerbaijani: ölməz (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de), 流芳百世的 (liúfāngbǎishì de)

• Finnish: kuolematon (fi)
• French: inoubliable (fr)
• Galician: inmortal (gl), inmorrente, inesquecible (gl)
• German: unvergesslich (de)
• Hungarian: halhatatlan (hu)
• Irish: buanseasmhach
• Italian: indimenticabile (it)
• Portuguese: inesquecível (pt) m or f, imortal (pt) m or f
• Russian: бессме́ртный (ru) m (bessmértnyj)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: unutulmaz, akıllardan silinmeyen (idiomatic)

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”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet):

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

Related terms

• mortal
• mortality
• mortician

Translations

one that is not susceptible to death

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神仙 (zh) (shénxiān)

• Esperanto: senmortulo
• Finnish: kuolematon (fi)
• French: immortel (fr)
• Greek: αθάνατος (el) m (athánatos)
• Hungarian: halhatatlan (hu)
• Italian: immortale (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نەمر (nemir)

• Latin: aeternus (la) m, immortalis m or f
• Persian: جاویدان (fa) (jâvidân)
• Portuguese: imortal (pt) m or f
• Romanian: nemuritor (ro) m, nemuritoare (ro) f
• Russian: бессме́ртный (ru) (bessmértnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бесмртник m, besmrtnica (sh) f

  Roman: besmrtnik (sh) m, бесмртница f

• Spanish: inmortal m or f
• Swahili: asiyekufa
• Telugu: అమరుడు (te) (amaruḍu)
• Turkish: ölümsüz (tr)
• Ukrainian: безсме́ртний (uk) m (bezsmértnyj)
• Vietnamese: bất tử (vi)

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immortālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.murˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [im.morˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [im.moɾˈtal]

Adjective

immortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural immortals)

1. immortal

   Antonym: mortal

Related terms

• immortalitat