éterniser

to drag on forever, to make eternal

verb eh-tehr-nee-ZEH Rare

Usage Note

Éterniser is most commonly used reflexively as s'éterniser, meaning to go on and on without ending — for example la réunion s'éternise — 'the meeting drags on forever'. The non-reflexive form meaning 'to immortalise' is more literary.

Examples

"La réunion s'éternise encore."

Natural Translation

The meeting is dragging on again.

Literal Translation

The meeting itself-drags-on again.

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