eternale

Italian

Alternative forms

etternale (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin aeternāle(m), accusative form of aeternālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.terˈna.le/, [et̪er̺ˈn̺äːl̺e̞]
Stress: eternàle
Hyphenation: e‧ter‧na‧le

Adjective

eternale (masculine and feminine plural eternali)

(obsolete, poetic) eternal
Synonym: eterno
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Quinta giornata, Novella VIII [The Fifth Day, Eighth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 153:
  io un di con queﬅo ﬅocco, il quale tu mi vedi in mano, come diſperato, m'ucciſi, & ſono alle pene eternali dannato
  One day, with this rapier you see in my hand, I killed myself, and I'm damned to the eternal punishment

Derived terms

eternalmente

References

eternale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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