imperishable

English

Etymology

From Middle French impérissable. See im- +‎ perishable.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

imperishable

1. not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently

   an imperishable monument

   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 127:

     The child was to be a prophet, unrivalled among men, and the parent of an imperishable race.

Translations

not perishable

• Armenian: անկորնչելի (hy) (ankornčʻeli)
• Dutch: onvergankelijk (nl)
• Finnish: häviämätön (fi), vanhenematon, ikuinen (fi)
• French: impérissable (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (unriureis)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφθιτος (áphthitos)

• Plautdietsch: onvejenkjlich
• Polish: nieginący, niezniszczalny (pl)
• Sanskrit: अक्षय (sa) (akṣaya), अमृत (sa) (amṛta)

Noun

imperishable (plural imperishables)

1. (in the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time

References

• “imperishable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “imperishable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.