lifetime
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
lifetime (plural lifetimes)
- The duration of the life of someone or something.
- Synonyms: lifespan
- a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete
- the operational lifetime of an aircraft component
- comes with a lifetime warranty
- (informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
- I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.
- Synonyms: ages, donkey's years, eternity, years, yonks
- French: durée de vie (objects), vie (persons)
- German: Leben, Lebensdauer, Lebenszeit
- Italian: durata, vita utile
- Portuguese: vida
- Russian: продолжительность жизни
- Spanish: vida
- French: éternité, cent sept ans
- German: Ewigkeit
- Italian: una vita, un'eternità
- Portuguese: vida
- Russian: це́лая ве́чность
- Spanish: eternidad, toda la vida
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