éternel
French, adjective/e.tɛʁ.nɛl/
éternel is spelled É-T-E-R-N-E-L (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éternel is a French adjective meaning “eternal (ever-lasting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas eu de commencement et n’aura jamais de fin”.
What does éternel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eternal (ever-lasting)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas eu de commencement et n’aura jamais de fin. 2. Qui n’aura jamais de fin, quoiqu’il y ait eu un commencement. 3. Qui doit durer si longtemps ; qu’on n’en sait pas la fin. 4. Qui se répète ou qui est répété trop souvent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éternel
- éternelle feminine
- éternels masculine plural
- éternelles feminine plural
- æternel alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éternel?
- /e.tɛʁ.nɛl/
- \e.tɛʁ.nɛl\
- [e.tɛʁ.nɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éternel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éternel in French?
éternel appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).