permanent

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English

Etymology

From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“I stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənənt
• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent

Adjective

permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)

1. Without end, eternal.

2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

Synonyms

• (without end): everlasting, forever, neverending, unending; see also Thesaurus:eternal or Thesaurus:endless
• (lasting for an indefinitely long time): durable, intransient; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Antonyms

• impermanent, temporary

Derived terms

Related terms

• permafrost
• permatemp

Translations

Noun

permanent (plural permanents)

1. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
2. (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an ${displaystyle n\times n}$ matrix ${displaystyle a_\,}$, the sum over all permutations ${displaystyle \pi \,}$ of ${displaystyle \prod _{i=1}^{a_{i\pi (i)}}}$.
3. (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

Translations

See also

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “permanent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “permanent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Petermann, merpentan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pər.məˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pər.məˈnent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.maˈnent]

Adjective

permanent m or f (masculine and feminine plural permanents)

1. permanent

Related terms

• permanència
• permanentment

Further reading

• “permanent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

permanent (not comparable)

1. permanent

   Antonym: tijdelijk

Declension

Derived terms

• permanentie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: permanen, pêrmanèn

Noun

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.

   • 1937, H. Kuyper-van Oordt, "Jonker Costijn", in Het heerlijk ambacht, G. F. Callenbach (publ., 6th. print), page 121.

Derived terms

• permanenten

French

Etymology

From Middle French permanant, permanent, from Latin permanentem (accusative of permanēns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃/

Adjective

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

1. permanent

Derived terms

• ordre permanent

Noun

permanent m (plural permanents)

1. (mathematics) permanent

Related terms

• permanence
• impermanent

Further reading

• “permanent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French permanent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁmaˈnɛnt/

Adjective

permanent (strong nominative masculine singular permanenter, not comparable)

1. permanent

Declension

Adverb

permanent

1. permanently, incessantly

   Synonyms: ständig, unaufhörlich

Further reading

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

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 permanēns.

Adjective

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

1. permanent
2. (as an adverb) permanently

References

• “permanent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin permanēns.

Adjective

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

1. permanent

References

• “permanent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French permanent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.maˈnent/
• Rhymes: -ent
• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent

Adjective

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

1. permanent

Declension

Adverb

permanent

1. permanently (forever)

Derived terms

• permanentiza

Related terms

• permanență

See also

• în permanență

References

• permanent in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 452

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

permanent (not comparable)

1. permanent

   Antonym: tillfällig

Declension

Noun

permanent c

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

Declension

Related terms

• permanenta

References

• permanent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• permanent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• permanent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)