infinite

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfᵻnɪt/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfaɪnaɪʈ/ Hyphenation: in‧fi‧nite === Adjective === infinite (comparative more infinite, superlative most infinite) Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: immeasurable, inestimable, vast Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.] Synonyms: amaranthine, boundless, endless, interminable, limitless, unbounded, unending, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite, Thesaurus:eternal (with plural noun) Infinitely many. [from 15th c.] Synonyms: countless; see also Thesaurus:innumerable (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless. [from 17th c.] (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements. (grammar) Not limited by person or number. [from 19th c.] (music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings. ==== Usage notes ==== Although the term is incomparable in the precise sense, it can be comparable both in mathematics and set theory to compare different degrees of infinity, and informally to denote yet a larger thing. Poets (and particularly hymn-writers before the 20th century) would commonly rhyme the word as though pronounced [-ɑɪnɑɪt] and church congregations still on occasion adopt that pronunciation. ==== Antonyms ==== finite infinitesimal limited noninfinite uninfinite ==== Hyponyms ==== (set theory): countably infinite (set theory): uncountable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== infinitive ==== Translations ==== === Numeral === infinite Infinitely many. === Noun === infinite (plural infinites) Something that is infinite in nature. (video games) A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption. === References === == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.fiˈni.te/ Rhymes: -ite Hyphenation: in‧fi‧nì‧te === Adjective === infinite feminine plural of infinito == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩː.fiːˈniː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱ.fiˈniː.te] === Adjective === īnfīnīte vocative masculine singular of īnfīnītus === References === “infinite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infinite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “infinite”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.