ad vitam æternam
\ad vi.ta.m‿e.teʁ.nam\
The verdict
“ad vitam æternam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour toujours, pour l’éternité, éternellement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ad-vitam-ternam · ad vitam æternam · French
ad vitam æternam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ad vitam æternam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ad vi.ta.m‿e.teʁ.nam\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ad vitam æternam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ad vi.ta.m‿e.teʁ.nam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pour toujours, pour l’éternité, éternellement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ad vitam æternam, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ad vitam æternam, spelled A-D- -V-I-T-A-M- -Æ-T-E-R-N-A-M.
Definition
- 1Pour toujours, pour l’éternité, éternellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ad vitam æternam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce morceau de rocher avait surnagé par on ne sait quel caprice d’un dieu ébahi et retors, désireux de faire payer ad vitam æternam à ses habitants le karma de leurs malheureux ancêtres.
Elle n’aurait alors que ses yeux pour pleurer d’autant que sa demande de disponibilité à l’Education Nationale ne serait pas reconduite ad vitam æternam et qu’au bout du compte, elle se retrouverait sans ressources avec un enfant à élever.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.