permanent

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EtymologyEdit

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

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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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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  .
  3. (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

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permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)

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

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permanent (masculine and feminine plural permanents)

  1. permanent

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French permanent, from Latin permanēns. The noun is a shortening of permanent hairwave, which was borrowed from English permanent hairwave, and may have been influenced by or borrowed from American English permanent.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɛr.maːˈnɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

AdjectiveEdit

permanent (not comparable)

  1. permanent

InflectionEdit

Inflection of permanent
uninflected permanent
inflected permanente
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial permanent
indefinite m./f. sing. permanente
n. sing. permanent
plural permanente
definite permanente
partitive permanents

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  • Indonesian: permanen, pêrmanèn

NounEdit

permanent m (plural permanenten, diminutive permanentje n)

  1. (chiefly diminutive) perm, permanent, permanent wave [from ca. 1930]
    • 1932 February 6, "Nieuwe kapperszaak", Het Vaderland, vol. 63, evening edition, part 1, page 2.
      In elk kamertje is een keurige kaptafel met de bijbehoorende ingrediënten, knusse hoekjes, echt uitnoodigend tot een genoegelijk permanentje of watergolfje.
      In each cubicle there is a proper hairdressing table with the concomitant ingredients, cozy corners, really inviting for a perm or a setting hairstyle.
    • 1937, H. Kuyper-van Oordt, "Jonker Costijn", in Het heerlijk ambacht, G. F. Callenbach (publ., 6th. print), page 121.
      Wat een lichte jurken, en lichte zomermantels, en permanentjes en nette beenen.
      Such light dresses, and light summer coats, and perms and tidy legs.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).

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

  1. permanent

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permanent m (plural permanents)

  1. (mathematics) permanent

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French permanent.

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permanent (strong nominative masculine singular permanenter, not comparable)

  1. permanent

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permanent

  1. permanently, incessantly
    Synonyms: ständig, unaufhörlich

Further readingEdit

  • permanent” in Duden online
  • permanent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

  1. permanent

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permanent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of permaneō

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

  1. permanent

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin permanens.

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

  1. permanent
  2. (as an adverb) permanently

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin permanens.

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

  1. permanent

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French permanent.

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permanent m or n (feminine singular permanentă, masculine plural permanenți, feminine and neuter plural permanente)

  1. permanent

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AdjectiveEdit

permanent (not comparable)

  1. permanent
    Antonym: tillfällig

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of permanent
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular permanent
Neuter singular permanent
Plural permanenta
Masculine plural3 permanente
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 permanente
All permanenta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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permanent c

  1. a perm, a permanent (treatment to make hair curly)
  2. permed hair

DeclensionEdit

Declension of permanent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative permanent permanenten permanenter permanenterna
Genitive permanents permanentens permanenters permanenternas

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