imperishable

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adjective

Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

“an imperishable monument”

Opposite
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

    an imperishable monument

    2 more examples

    The child was to be a prophet, unrivalled among men, and the parent of an imperishable race.

    1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 127

    Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.'

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 313
nounimperishable (plural imperishables)

plural imperishables

  1. in pluralsomething that does not perish, or keeps for a long time

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot perishable

Opposite

adjectivelasting a long time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchimpérissable
  2. Englishimperishable

From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄφθιτος
  • ἄφθιτος (áphthitos)not perishable
Catalan imperible
  • imperiblenot perishable
Dutch onvergankelijk
  • onvergankelijknot perishable
Finnish häviämätön, vanhenematon
  • häviämätönnot perishable
  • vanhenematonnot perishable
  • ikuinennot perishable
French impérissable
  • impérissablenot perishable
Hindi अविनाशी, अक्षय
  • अविनाशी (avināśī)not perishable
  • अक्षय (akṣay)not perishable
Italian imperituro
  • imperituronot perishable
Polish nieginący, niezniszczalny
  • nieginącynot perishable
  • niezniszczalnynot perishable
Portuguese imperecível
  • imperecívelnot perishable
Spanish imperecedero
  • imperecederonot perishable
Cite this entry
APA

imperishable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imperishable

MLA

“imperishable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imperishable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imperishable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imperishable.

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