permanente

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish permanente (“permanent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmaˈnente/, [peɾ.maˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nen‧te

Adjective

permanente

1. permanent

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /permaˈnente/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: per‧ma‧nen‧te

Adverb

permanente

1. permanently

French

Adjective

permanente

1. feminine singular of permanent

Descendants

• Turkish: perma, permanant

Verb

permanente

1. inflection of permanenter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

From Latin permanēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmaˈnente/ [peɾ.mãˈnẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nen‧te

Adjective

permanente m or f (plural permanentes)

1. permanent

Derived terms

• permanentemente

Noun

permanente f (plural permanentes)

1. perm

Related terms

• permanecer
• permanencia

Further reading

• “permanente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adjective

permanente

1. inflection of permanent:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.maˈnɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nèn‧te

Adjective

permanente m or f by sense (plural permanenti)

1. permanent

Noun

permanente f (plural permanenti)

1. permanent wave, perm

Related terms

• permanentemente
• permanere
• permanenza

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

permanente

1. definite singular of permanent
2. plural of permanent

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

permanente

1. definite singular of permanent
2. plural of permanent

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin permanentem (“lasting; consisting”), present participle of permaneō (“to remain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/ [peɦ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/ [peɦ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻ.maˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.maˈnẽ.te/ [peɦ.maˈnẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.mɐˈnẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nen‧te

Adjective

permanente m or f (plural permanentes)

1. (not comparable) permanent (without end)

   Synonyms: eterno, infinito

   Antonym: finito

2. permanent (lasting for an indefinitely long time)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:duradouro

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lasting for an indefinitely long time”): See Thesaurus:duradouro

Related terms

• permanecedor
• permanecente
• permanecer
• permanência
• permanentemente

Noun

permanente f (plural permanentes)

1. permanent hair straightening

Further reading

• “permanente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “permanente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “permanente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /permaˈnente/

Adjective

permanente

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of permanent

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *men-der.

Proto-Italic *monēō

Latin maneō

Latin permaneō

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -ēns

Latin permanēns

Spanish permanente

Inherited from Latin permanentem. By surface analysis, permanecer +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmaˈnente/ [peɾ.maˈnẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: per‧ma‧nen‧te

Adjective

permanente m or f (masculine and feminine plural permanentes)

1. permanent

   Synonym: asentado

Derived terms

• localización permanente
• permanentemente

Noun

permanente f (plural permanentes)

1. perm, permanent wave, permanent
2. permanent marker

Derived terms

• marcador permanente

Related terms

• permanecer
• permanencia

Further reading

• “permanente”, 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