permanent
English
Etymology
Used in English since 15th century, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, from permanēo (“I stay through”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent
Adjective
permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)
- Without end, eternal.
- Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
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Noun
permanent (plural permanents)
- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
- 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 8:
- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
- 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 8:
- (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
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Verb
permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)
- (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).
Further reading
- “permanent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “permanent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “permanent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pər.məˈnen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pər.məˈnent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.maˈnent]
Adjective
permanent m or f (masculine and feminine plural permanents)
Related terms
Further reading
- “permanent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).
Pronunciation
Adjective
permanent (feminine permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
Noun
permanent m (plural permanents)
Related terms
Further reading
- “permanent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French permanent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
permanent (not comparable)
Declension
Adverb
permanent
Synonyms
Further reading
- “permanent” in Duden online
Ladin
Alternative forms
Adjective
permanent m (feminine singular permanenta, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) permanent
Middle French
Adjective
permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
- permanent
- (as an adverb) permanently
References
- “permanent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
References
- “permanent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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