English

Alternative forms

• etern

Adjective

eterne ‎(comparative more eterne, superlative most eterne)

1. (obsolete) Eternal. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:

     The substance is eterne, and bideth so; / Ne when the life decayes and forme does fade, / Doth it consume and into nothing goe [...].

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, First Folio 1621, II.2:

     And neuer did the Cyclops hammers fall / On Mars his Armours, forg'd for proofe Eterne, / With lesse remorse then Pyrrhus bleeding sword / Now falles on Priam.

   • Elizabeth Browning

     Built up to eterne significance.

Anagrams

• entree, entrée; teener

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈterne/

Adverb

eterne

1. forever, eternally

Related terms

• eterna
• eterno
• eterneco

Italian

Adjective

eterne

1. feminine plural of eterno

Anagrams

• tenere