sine die

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.iː/, /ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdiː.eɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.i/, /ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdi.eɪ/

sine die (not comparable)

1. Without specifying a date (for a future event); indefinitely.
   • 1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin, published 2005, page 6:

     Years ago […] he might have retrieved his position; but he had done what most people will do in such cases—put off the evil day sine die, and gone on increasing his enormous list of debts.

   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 105:

     In anticipation of Dr Hassiem's release the inquest of Mr Ngubene's death, originally scheduled for 13 April, was postponed sine die.

   • 1997, Andrew Wong, “Official Record of Proceedings—27 June 1997”, in Official Record of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council‎^[1], page 1407:

     In accordance with the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council, I now adjourn the Council, sine die.

• adjournment sine die

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ne ˈdi.e/
• Hyphenation: sì‧ne dì‧e

sine die

1. sine die (indefinitely)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”).

sine die

1. sine die (indefinitely)

   Synonym: indeterminadamente

• “sine die”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sine die”, in Dicionário infopédia das Locucões Latinas e Expressões Estrangeiras (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sine die”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”).

sine die

1. sine die (indefinitely)
   • 2023 September 19, Silvia Ayuso, quoting Ana Miranda, “El BNG considera discriminatorio que se priorice la oficialización del catalán en la UE”, in El País‎^[2]:

     “Esperamos que solicitar un dictamen jurídico sobre las consecuencias de la oficialidad del galego, catalán y euskera y un análisis de su impacto económico no sea una maniobra para alargar sine die su implantación”, ha advertido.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “sine die”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025