immortal
Syllables: im·mor·talUK/ɪˈmɔːtəl//ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
immortal adjective: not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
Adjective
immortal (not comparable)
- Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
- his immortal words
- Connected with or relating to immortality.
- I have immortal longings in me.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
- immortal and mercyless butchery1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted
Noun
immortal (plural immortals)
- One who is not susceptible to death.
- The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly.2018 May 28, Claire Messud, “Turning Circe Into a Good Witch”, in The New York Times
- A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
- A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.
- Anand's Immortal
- A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.
- A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
- A member of the Académie française.
- An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^([sic]).1999, Corey Crawford, “RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet)
immortal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
immortal in Hindi
- not susceptible to death
- अमर amar, शाश्वत śāśvat, अक्षय akṣay
- never to be forgotten
- अमिट amiṭ, अविनाशी avināśī
- one that is not susceptible to death
- अमर amar
immortal in Tamil
- அழியாத, இறப்பற்ற, இறப்பிலி, நிலை பேறான
immortal in Marathi
- immortal
- अमर amar
- an immortal; a God; a deity
- अमर amar
immortal in Urdu
- immortal
- چرنجیو cirañjīv, اتم atam
- immortal, eternal
- لافانی lā fānī
More languagesFewer languages
- immortal in Bengali
- অমর ômôr
- immortal in Telugu
- అమరుడు amaruḍu
- immortal in Malayalam
- അമൃത amr̥ta
- immortal in Kannada
- ಬರ್ದಿಲ, ಸಾವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹೆಸರಾಂತ, ಅಮರ
- immortal in Punjabi
- ਅਮਰ
- immortal in Gujarati
- અમર
- immortal in Odia
- ଅମର
- immortal in Sanskrit
- अमृत amṛta
- immortal in Arabic
- خَالِد ḵālid
- immortal in Indonesian
- kekal, abadi
- immortal in Persian
- نامیرا nâmirâ, نوش nuš, جاویدان jâvidân
- immortal in Vietnamese
- bất tử, bất diệt, sống mãi, bất hủ
Examples of immortal in a sentence
- All men are mortal, so, by obversion, no men are immortal.
- Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
- Last night I had a vividly scary dream about an immortal snail that chased me around and could kill me if it touched me.
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Forms of immortal
| plural | immortals |
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Origin of immortal
From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”).
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Questions about immortal
- What does immortal mean?
- Immortal means not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- What is immortal in Hindi?
- Immortal in Hindi is अमर (amar), शाश्वत (śāśvat), अक्षय (akṣay). See Immortal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immortal?
- Immortal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce immortal?
- Immortal is pronounced /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/ (US).
Words near immortal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: immortal (page history and authors); immortal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अमर (Marathi) (page history and authors); اتم (Urdu) (page history and authors); অমর (Bengali) (page history and authors); അമൃത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); immortal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immortal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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