Longevity

Lon-gev′i-ty

,

Noun.

[L.

longaevitas

. See

Longevous

.]

Long duration of life; length of life.

The instances of

longevity

are chiefly amongst the abstemious.

Arbuthnot.

Longevity

LONGEV'ITY

,

Noun.

[L. longavitas; longus, long, and avum, age.]

Length or duration of life; more generally, great length of life.

The instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious.

longevity

English

Noun

longevity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural longevities)

The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life
Grandfather had incredible longevity — he lived to be 105 years old!

Related terms

longevous

Synonyms

permanence

Translations

the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life

Armenian:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長壽 (zh), 长寿 (zh) ‎(chángshòu)
Czech: dlouhověkost f
Dutch: levensduur (nl) m
Esperanto:
Estonian: pikaealisus
Finnish: pitkäikäisyys (fi)
French: longévité (fr) f
Georgian:
German: Langlebigkeit f
Greek: μακροζωία (el) f ‎(makrozoía)
Indonesian: panjang umur (id)
Irish: buaine f, fadsaolaí f

Italian: longevità (it)
Japanese: 寿命 (ja) ‎(じゅみょう, jumyō), 長寿 (ja) ‎(ちょうじゅ, chōju), 不老不死 ‎(ふろうふし, furōfushi)
Khmer: ទីឃានុភាព ‎(tiikʰie nupʰiep), អាយុវឌ្ឍន៍ ‎(aayu’ voattʰean)
Korean: 장수 (ko) ‎(jangsu) (長壽 (ko))
Maori: mauriroa
Mizo: damreina, daihreina, tlona
Mongolian:
Polish: długowieczność f
Portuguese: longevidade f
Russian: долголе́тие (ru) n ‎(dolgolétije)
Spanish: longevidad (es) f
Thai:
Turkish: uzun ömürlülük
Vietnamese: sự sống lâu

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Longevity

Lon-gev′i-ty

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Longevity

LONGEV'ITY

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