ad infinitum

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ăd ĭn′fə-nī′təm (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (Canada) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnʌɪ.təm/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /æd ˌɪn.fəˈnɑɪ.təm/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɛd ˌən.fəˈnaɪ.təm/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnʌi.təm/, /ad ˌɪn.fəˈnəi.təm/ (India) IPA(key): /æɖ ˌin.fiˈnaj.ʈəm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/ Rhymes: -aɪtəm Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum === Adverb === ad infinitum (not comparable) Endlessly; for ever; never-endingly. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad in.fi.ˈni.tum/, [at ɪn.fiːˈni.tuːm] Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum === Adverb === ad infinitum ad infinitum (endlessly) Synonyms: in infinitum, endlos === References === “ad infinitum” in Duden online == Latin == === Alternative forms === in īnfīnītō, in īnfīnītum === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈad ĩː.fiːˈniː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad iɱ.fiˈniː.tum] === Adverb === ad īnfīnītum (not comparable) to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure ==== Descendants ==== → German: ad infinitum (learned) → English: ad infinitum (learned) → Spanish: ad infinitum (learned) → Polish: ad infinitum (learned) → Portuguese: ad infinitum (learned) === References === “in-fīnītus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infīnītus ¶4”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “814/3” “infīnītus ¶2” on page 900/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Polish == === Alternative forms === (abbreviation) ad inf. === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /at ˌin.fiˈɲi.tum/ Syllabification: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum === Adverb === ad infinitum (not comparable) ad infinitum (endlessly) === Further reading === ad infinitum in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”). === Pronunciation === === Adverb === ad infinitum (not comparable) ad infinitum (endlessly) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfīnītum (“to infinity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌad infiˈnitum/ [ˌað̞ ĩɱ.fiˈni.t̪ũm] Syllabification: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum === Adverb === ad infinitum ad infinitum (endlessly) Synonym: indefinidamente === References === “ad infinitum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025