perm

See also: Perm

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜːm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

1. Short for permanent wave (“hairstyle”).

Derived terms

• bubble perm
• disco perm
• zoomer perm

 

Verb

perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)

1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.

Translations

To treat hair, to give waves, by using heat and chemicals

• Dutch: permanenten (nl)
• Maori: whakakōrino

Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

1. (informal) A permutation.
2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.

Derived terms

• T perm

Etymology 3

Short for permission.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

1. (computing) Permission

Anagrams

• Emp'r, Prem, prem

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): poem¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: poem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰœːm⁵⁵/

Noun

perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

Verb

perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

Noun

perm m inan

1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “perm”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “perm”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrm]
• Hyphenation: perm
• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Noun

perm (uncountable)

1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	perm	—
accusative	permet	—
dative	permnek	—
instrumental	permmel	—
causal-final	permért	—
translative	permmé	—
terminative	permig	—
essive-formal	permként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	permben	—
superessive	permen	—
adessive	permnél	—
illative	permbe	—
sublative	permre	—
allative	permhez	—
elative	permből	—
delative	permről	—
ablative	permtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	permé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	perméi	—

Possessive forms of perm
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	permem	—
2nd person sing.	permed	—
3rd person sing.	permje	—
1st person plural	permünk	—
2nd person plural	permetek	—
3rd person plural	permjük	—

Derived terms

• permi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

• ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm m (indeclinable)

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

• “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

• ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

• “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛrm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrm
• Syllabification: perm

Noun

perm m inan

1. (geology) Permian

Further reading

• perm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN