🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

perpétuel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: perpétuel

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Perpetual/pərˈpɛtʃ.u.əl/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il vit dans un état de peur perpétuelle."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Never ending or changing; occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted.

    "She was annoyed by their perpetual bickering."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word perpetualis, stemming from perpetuus meaning continuous or universal, built from per- (throughout) and petere (to go to, seek). It entered the English language during the late 14th century via Old French, initially retaining its core legal and theological meaning of lasting forever.

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