Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe duration of the life of someone or something.
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nounA long period of time.
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nounthe period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishlyftyme
- Englishlifetime
From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time. Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.
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Catalan vida, eternitat
- vidaduration of the life of someone or something
- eternitatinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Chinese Mandarin 一生, 一輩子 /一辈子
- 一生 (yīshēng)duration of the life of someone or something
- 一輩子 /一辈子 (yībèizi)duration of the life of someone or something
- 壽命 /寿命 (shòumìng)duration of the life of someone or something
- 畢生 /毕生 (bìshēng)duration of the life of someone or something
- 輩子 /辈子 (bèizi)duration of the life of someone or something
Czech doba života, životnost
- doba životaduration of the life of someone or something
- životnostduration of the life of someone or something
Dutch mensenleven, levensduur
- mensenlevenduration of the life of someone or something
- levensduurduration of the life of someone or something
Esperanto vivodaŭro, vivdaŭro
- vivodaŭroduration of the life of someone or something
- vivdaŭroduration of the life of someone or something
Finnish elinikä, elinaika
- elinikäduration of the life of someone or something
- elinaikaduration of the life of someone or something
- elämän aikaduration of the life of someone or something
- ikuisuusinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
French durée de vie, vie
- durée de vieduration of the life of someone or something
- vieduration of the life of someone or something
- éternitéinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
- cent sept ansinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
German Leben, Lebensdauer
- Lebenduration of the life of someone or something
- Lebensdauerduration of the life of someone or something
- Lebenszeitduration of the life of someone or something
- Ewigkeitinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Greek βίος
- βίος (víos)duration of the life of someone or something
Hindi ज़िंदगी, जिंदगी
- ज़िंदगी (zindgī)duration of the life of someone or something
- जिंदगी (jindgī)duration of the life of someone or something
- उमर (umar)duration of the life of someone or something
- लाइफ (lāiph)duration of the life of someone or something
Hungarian élettartam, örökkévalóság
- élettartamduration of the life of someone or something
- örökkévalóságinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Indonesian seumur hidup
- seumur hidupduration of the life of someone or something
Italian durata, vita utile
- durataduration of the life of someone or something
- vita utileduration of the life of someone or something
- una vitainformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
- un'eternitàinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Japanese 生涯, 一生
- 生涯 (shōgai)duration of the life of someone or something
- 一生 (isshō)duration of the life of someone or something
- 一生涯 (isshōgai)duration of the life of someone or something
Latin aetas
- aetasduration of the life of someone or something
Malay sepanjang hayat, semasa hayat
- sepanjang hayatduration of the life of someone or something
- semasa hayatduration of the life of someone or something
- seumur hidupduration of the life of someone or something
Polish życie
- życieduration of the life of someone or something
Portuguese vida, vida
- vidaduration of the life of someone or something
- vidainformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Romanian durată de viață, eternitate
- durată de viațăduration of the life of someone or something
- eternitateinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Russian продолжи́тельность жи́зни, це́лая жизнь
- продолжи́тельность жи́зни (prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni)duration of the life of someone or something
- це́лая жизнь (célaja žiznʹ)duration of the life of someone or something
- вся жизнь (vsja žiznʹ)duration of the life of someone or something
- вре́мя жи́зни (vrémja žízni)duration of the life of someone or something
- срок слу́жбы (srok slúžby)duration of the life of someone or something
- це́лая ве́чность (célaja véčnostʹ)informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Spanish vida, eternidad
- vidaduration of the life of someone or something
- eternidadinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
- toda la vidainformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Swedish livstid, evighet
- livstidduration of the life of someone or something
- evighetinformal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Tamil வாழ்நாள், வாழ்நாள்
- வாழ்நாள் (vāḻnāḷ)duration of the life of someone or something
- வாழ்நாள் (vāḻnāḷ)informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time
Turkish ömür, yaşam
- ömürduration of the life of someone or something
- yaşamduration of the life of someone or something
Ukrainian вік
- вік (vik)duration of the life of someone or something
Cite this entry
APA
lifetime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetime
MLA
“lifetime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetime. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lifetime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetime.
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