lifetime

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
2. (excessive, informal) A long period of time.

Sinonieme

life

age

life span

duration

generation

one’s whole life

lifelong

life-time

all one’s life

time

⌚

lifespan

all through life

existence

for life

span

life time

spell

term

whole life

life cycle

one existence

time of life

throughout one’s life

Buddhist lifetime

during a generation

chemical residence time

operating life

power lifetime

used life

operation date

during one’s age

contemporaries

days

during

endurance

epoch

era

eternity

first

1st

livelong

living

residence time

years

span of life

whole world

younger generation

one’s life time

term of service

foreign immigrant

Japanese immigrant to USA

Vertalings

Lebenszeit

vie

Lebensdauer

ömür

vida

durée de vie

vita

Leben

vida

vida

à vie

ισόβιος

ganze Leben hindurch

Lebensspanne

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlaɪftaɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lyftyme

Verwante met Yslands: líftími

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Lieuwendstied

Verwante met Nederlands: leeftijd

Verwante met Duits: Lebenszeit

Verwante met Deens: livstid

Verwante met Sweeds: livstid

In summary

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.