Meanings
- 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 127Sir 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
plural imperishables
- in pluralsomething that does not perish, or keeps for a long time
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchimpérissable
- Englishimperishable
From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →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
imperishable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imperishable
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