perpétuel
French, adjective/pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛl/
perpétuel is a French adjective meaning “endless, perpetual, eternal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne cesse pas ; qui dure toujours”.
What does perpétuel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
endless, perpetual, eternal
- 2
permanent
secrétaire perpétuel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne cesse pas ; qui dure toujours. 2. Qualifie les neiges qui ne fondent jamais. 3. Qualifie des plantes dites aussi remontantes, qui fleurissent, fructifient pendant toute la bonne saison. 4. Qui dure toute la vie d’un homme.
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 perpétuel
- perpétuelle feminine
- perpétuels masculine plural
- perpétuelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpétuel?
- /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛl/
- \pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛl\
- [pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perpétuel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpétuel in French?
perpétuel appears 2.6 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).