permanent

English

Etymology

Used in English since 15th century, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, from permanēo (“I stay through”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)

  1. Without end, eternal.
    Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
  2. 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)

  1. 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.
  2. (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)

  1. (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).

Further reading

  • permanent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • permanent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • permanent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəɾ.məˈnent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /pər.məˈnen/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /peɾ.maˈnent/

Adjective

permanent (masculine and feminine plural permanents)

  1. permanent

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃/
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Adjective

permanent (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

  1. permanent

Noun

permanent m (plural permanents)

  1. (mathematics) permanent

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French permanent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁmaˈnɛnt/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

permanent (not comparable)

  1. permanent

Declension

Adverb

permanent

  1. permanently, incessantly

Synonyms

Further reading

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • permanënt

Adjective

permanent m (feminine singular permanenta, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

  1. permanent

Latin

Verb

permanent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of permaneō

Middle French

Adjective

permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

  1. permanent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin permanens

Adjective

permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)

  1. permanent
  2. (as an adverb) permanently

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin permanens

Adjective

permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)

  1. permanent

References

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