immortalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
• ハイフネーション: im‧mor‧tal
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)təl

形容詞

immortal (not comparable)

1. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
2. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

   his immortal words

3. Connected with or relating to immortality.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     I have immortal longings in me.

4. (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
   • 1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted:

     immortal and mercyless butchery

同意語

• deathless
• everlasting
• undeadly
• undying

反意語

• mortal

派生語

関連する語

• (never dying): indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable
• (being always remembered): unerasable

名詞

immortal (plural immortals)

1. One who is not susceptible to death.
   • 2018 May 28, Claire Messud, “Turning Circe Into a Good Witch”, in The New York Times‎:

     The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly.

2. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
   1. (chess) A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.

      Anand's Immortal

3. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
4. A member of the Académie française.
5. (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

   Synonyms: immort, wizard

   • 1999, Corey Crawford, “RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet):

     Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance.

関連する語

• mortal
• mortality
• mortician

Further reading

• Persian Immortals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Académie française on Wikipedia.Wikipedia