forever

pour toujours, éternellement

Sans jamais prendre fin, ou jusqu’à la fin de la vie de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : For all time, or for the rest of someone's life.

• I will love you forever.
• Nothing lasts forever.
• She left the village forever.

Synonymes : always, eternally, permanently

Contraires : temporarily

Expressions courantes : last forever, stay forever, forever and ever

toujours, constamment

Très souvent ou tout le temps, surtout d’une manière qui agace.

En anglais simple : Very often or all the time, especially in a way that annoys someone.

• You are forever complaining.
• She was forever asking me for money.
• Why are they forever changing the rules?

Comment l'utiliser : be forever doing something (He is forever losing his keys.)

Synonymes : always, constantly, continually

Contraires : never

Expressions courantes : forever complaining, forever losing things, forever changing

une éternité

Une durée très longue, surtout quand elle paraît interminable.

En anglais simple : A very long period of time, especially one that feels too long.

• This queue is taking forever.
• I haven't seen her in forever.
• The journey felt like forever.

Synonymes : ages, an eternity

Expressions courantes : take forever, in forever, seem like forever

la Saint-Glinglin

Moment imaginaire du futur qui n’arrivera jamais, évoqué pour plaisanter.

En anglais simple : An imaginary future time that will never arrive, mentioned as a joke.

• The meeting is scheduled for the twelfth of forever.
• He promised to pay me on the first day of forever.
• Her deadline seems to be the last day of forever.

Expressions courantes : until forever arrives, twelfth of forever

pour toujours

Pendant une durée sans fin ou extrêmement longue.

En anglais simple : For a time that has no end, or for a very long time.

• We cannot wait forever.
• He wanted to live forever.
• Will these memories last forever?

Synonymes : for ever, for all time

Expressions courantes : last forever, live forever, wait forever