persistent

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English

Etymology

From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɪstənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɪstənt/
• Hyphenation: per‧sis‧tent

Adjective

persistent (comparative more persistent, superlative most persistent)

1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
2. Insistently repetitive.

3. Indefinitely continuous.

4. (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
5. (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

6. (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
7. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.

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Translations

Anagrams

• pin setters, pin-setters, pinsetters, presentist, prettiness, serpentist

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistentem.

Adjective

persistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural persistents)

1. persistent

Derived terms

• persistentment

Related terms

• persistència
• persistir

References

• “persistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “persistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “persistent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “persistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: persiste, persistes

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of persister

Latin

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of persistō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistentem, perhaps via Italian persistente.

Adjective

persistent m or n (feminine singular persistentă, masculine plural persistenți, feminine and neuter plural persistente)

1. persistent

Declension