# lifetime
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

lifetime (plural lifetimes)
* The duration of the life of someone or something.
    Synonym: lifespan
    a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete
    the operational lifetime of an aircraft component
    comes with a lifetime warranty
* (informal, hyperbolic) A long period of time.
    Synonyms: ages, (UK slang) donkey's years, eternity, (UK slang) years, yonks
    I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

#### Hypernyms

* time

#### Derived terms

* all in a lifetime, all in one's lifetime
* carrier lifetime
* chemical lifetime
* customer lifetime value
* fluorescence lifetime imaging
* give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
* legend in one's own lifetime
* lifetime achievement award
* lifetime average daily dose
* lifetime cap
* lifetime employment
* lifetime exposure
* lifetime income tax
* lifetime job
* lifetime learning credit
* lifetime maximum benefit amount
* lifetime mobility
* lifetime mortgage
* lifetime payment cap
* lifetime policy
* life-timer
* lifetime rate cap
* lifetime reserve days
* lifetime reverse mortgage
* lifetime risk
* lifetime value
* lifetime warranty
* maximum segment lifetime
* mean lifetime
* minority carrier lifetime
* object lifetime
* of a lifetime
* once-in-a-lifetime
* segment lifetime

#### Related terms

* time of life
* time of one's life

#### Translations

Azerbaijani: ömür (az)
Bashkir: ғүмер (ğümer)
Catalan: vida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一生 (zh) (yīshēng), 一輩子 / 一辈子 (zh) (yībèizi), 壽命 / 寿命 (zh) (shòumìng), 畢生 / 毕生 (zh) (bìshēng), 輩子 / 辈子 (zh) (bèizi)
Czech: doba života f, životnost (cs)
Dutch: leeftijd (nl) m
Egyptian: (ꜥḥꜥw m)
Esperanto: vivodaŭro, vivdaŭro
Finnish: elinikä (fi), elinaika (fi), elämän aika
French: durée de vie (fr) f (objects), vie (fr) f (persons)
Georgian: სიცოცხლის ხანგრძლივობა (sicocxlis xangrʒlivoba), სიცოცხლის დრო (sicocxlis dro), მთელი სიცოცხლე (mteli sicocxle), მთელი ცხოვრება (mteli cxovreba)
German: Leben (de) n, Lebensdauer (de) f, Lebenszeit (de) f
Greek: βίος (el) m (víos)
Hindi: ज़िंदगी (hi) f (zindgī), जिंदगी (hi) f (jindgī), उमर (hi) f (umar), लाइफ (hi) m (lāiph)
Hungarian: élettartam (hu)
Indonesian: seumur hidup (id)
Italian: durata (it) f, vita utile
Japanese: 生涯 (ja) (しょうがい, shōgai), 一生 (ja) (いっしょう, isshō), 一生涯 (ja) (いっしょうがい, isshōgai)
Kapampangan: kabambie
Latin: aetas (la) f
Malay: sepanjang hayat, semasa hayat, seumur hidup
Navajo: są́ náʼoogą́ą́ʼ (of a person; traditionally about 104 years)
Plautdietsch: Läwenstiet f
Polish: życie (pl) n
Portuguese: vida (pt) f
Romanian: durată de viață
Russian: продолжи́тельность жи́зни f (prodolžítelʹnostʹ žízni), це́лая жизнь f (célaja žiznʹ), вся жизнь f (vsja žiznʹ), вре́мя жи́зни n (vrémja žízni) (of an object, function, etc.), срок слу́жбы m (srok slúžby) (equipment)
Spanish: vida (es) f
Swedish: livstid (sv) c
Turkish: ömür (tr), yaşam (tr)
Udmurt: вапум (vapum)
Ukrainian: вік (uk) (vik) :

#### See also

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