forever

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1)  For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
 * I shall love you forever.
 * 1)  For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
 * 2)  Constantly or frequently.
 * You are forever nagging me.
 * 1)  Constantly or frequently.
 * You are forever nagging me.
 * 1)  Constantly or frequently.
 * You are forever nagging me.
 * 1)  Constantly or frequently.
 * You are forever nagging me.

Usage notes

 * In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for ever may be used instead of forever for the senses "for all time" and "for a long time". In Canada and the United States, generally only forever is used, regardless of sense.

Translations

 * Amharic: ለዘለዓለም, ለዘላለም, ዘለዓለም, ዘለአለም
 * Arabic: إِلَى الْأَبَد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: назаўжды, наве́кі, наве́чна
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: per sempre, per a sempre
 * Cherokee: ᎢᎪᎯᏛ, ᎢᎪᎯᏓᏊᎨᏒ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Coptic: ϣⲁ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϩ
 * Crimean Tatar: ebediyen, ömürlik, bütünley
 * Czech:, na věky
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მუდამ, სამუდამოდ, მარად
 * German:, , , auf immer, für eger
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀεί, διὰ παντός
 * Hawaiian: mau loa
 * Hebrew: לנצח,
 * Hindi: हमेशा के लिए, कभी के लिए
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: go bráth, go deo
 * Italian: per sempre
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kashubian: na wiedno
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: aeternō, in perpetuum, in omne tempus, perpetuum
 * Macedonian: засекогаш
 * Maltese: għal dejjem
 * Manchu: ᡝᠨᡨᡝᡥᡝᠮᡝ
 * Marshallese: indeeo
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: hoolʼáágóó
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: for alltid
 * Nynorsk: for alltid
 * Old English: on ēcnesse
 * Persian: برای همیشه
 * Plautdietsch: eewichlich
 * Polish:, , na zawżdy
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, pe vecie
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gu bràth, gu sìorraidh, a-chaoidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: заувијек, заувек
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: para siempre
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: för alltid, för evigt
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tok Pisin: oltaim
 * Turkish: sonsuza kadar, sonsuza dek,
 * Ukrainian: наза́вжди, назавжди́, наві́к, ві́чно, назавше, навічно,
 * Urdu: ہمیشہ کے لئے
 * Vietnamese:, (永遠)
 * West Frisian: ivich
 * Yiddish: אויף אייביק
 * Yup'ik: akwarpak


 * Belarusian: цэлую вечнасць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: een eeuwigheid, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Polish: całą wieczność
 * Russian: це́лую ве́чность
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: цілу вічність
 * West Frisian: ivich


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: це́лую ве́чность
 * Spanish: por siempre
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: steed,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: constantemente, sin cesar
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: вічно

Noun

 * 1) An extremely long time.
 * It took me forever to make up my mind.
 * Don't spend forever on the phone!
 * 1)  A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
 * 1)  A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
 * 1)  A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
 * 1)  A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:


 * French: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Japanese: ;
 * Korean:
 * Nauruan:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.