sempiterne
French
References
- “sempiterne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From sempiternus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sem.piˈter.ne/, [s̠ɛmpɪˈt̪ɛrnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sem.piˈter.ne/, [sempiˈt̪ɛrne]
Adverb
sempiterne (comparative sempiternius, superlative sempiternissimē)
- perpetually
- forever
References
- “sempiterne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sempiterne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Adjective
sempiterne
- sempiternal; everlasting
- late 14th C., John Gower, Confessio Amantis
- And his beinge is sempiterne.
- late 14th C., John Gower, Confessio Amantis
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