English-French translations for perpetual

• perpétuel
  Le mouvement perpétuel n'existe pas en physique ni en économie. There is no such thing as perpetual motion either in physics or in economics.
  Selon moi, une question est pratiquement en mouvement perpétuel à cet égard. As I see it, one issue is now almost in perpetual motion in this connection.
  Il est certainement vrai que les Palestiniens de Gaza vivent dans un état perpétuel de privation, et cela est inhumain. It is certainly the case that the Palestinians in Gaza live in a perpetual state of privation, and this is inhumane.
• éternel
• permanent
  De surcroît, cette clause de réparation sera une source de contentieux sans fin et d'insécurité juridique permanente. In addition, this repair clause will be a source of perpetual argument and permanent legal uncertainty.

Definition of perpetual

• Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
• Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
• Flowering throughout the growing season

Examples

• By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers
• The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground

Related words

• perpetually
• perpetual motion machine
• perpetual check
• perpetual motion
• perpetual bond
• perpetual Spinach
• a contented mind is a perpetual feast