permanent
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Used in English since 15th century, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, from permanēo (“I stay through”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmənənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmənənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent
AdjectiveEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- (without end): everlasting, neverending, unending; see also Thesaurus:eternal or Thesaurus:endless
- (lasting for an indefinitely long time): durable, intransient; see also Thesaurus:lasting
AntonymsEdit
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NounEdit
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 .
- (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
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VerbEdit
permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)
- (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).
Further readingEdit
- permanent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- permanent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- permanent at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəɾ.məˈnent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pər.məˈnen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /peɾ.maˈnent/
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (masculine and feminine plural permanents)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “permanent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DutchEdit
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
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (not comparable)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of permanent | ||||
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uninflected | permanent | |||
inflected | permanente | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | permanent | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | permanente | ||
n. sing. | permanent | |||
plural | permanente | |||
definite | permanente | |||
partitive | permanents |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
permanent m (plural permanenten, diminutive permanentje n)
- (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.
- 1932 February 6, "Nieuwe kapperszaak", Het Vaderland, vol. 63, evening edition, part 1, page 2.
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (feminine permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
permanent m (plural permanents)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “permanent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French permanent.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (strong nominative masculine singular permanenter, not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
AdverbEdit
permanent
- permanently, incessantly
- Synonyms: ständig, unaufhörlich
Further readingEdit
LadinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent m (feminine singular permanenta, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
permanent
Middle FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
- permanent
- (as an adverb) permanently
ReferencesEdit
- “permanent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
ReferencesEdit
- “permanent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent m or n (feminine singular permanentă, masculine plural permanenți, feminine and neuter plural permanente)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | permanent | permanentă | permanenți | permanente | ||
definite | permanentul | permanenta | permanenții | permanentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | permanent | permanente | permanenți | permanente | ||
definite | permanentului | permanentei | permanenților | permanentelor |
SwedishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
permanent (not comparable)
- permanent
- Antonym: tillfällig
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of permanent | |||
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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 |
NounEdit
permanent c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of permanent | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | permanent | permanenten | permanenter | permanenterna |
Genitive | permanents | permanentens | permanenters | permanenternas |