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permanent

English

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Etymology

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Used in English since the 15th century, from Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“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, published 2005, page 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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Verb

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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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural permanents)

  1. permanent
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Etymology

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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.

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

Adjective

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permanent (not comparable)

  1. permanent
    Antonym: tijdelijk

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Declension 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

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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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French

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Etymology

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

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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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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French permanent.

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permanent (strong nominative masculine singular permanenter, not comparable)

  1. permanent

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Positive forms of permanent (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist permanent sie ist permanent es ist permanent sie sind permanent
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative permanenter permanente permanentes permanente
genitive permanenten permanenter permanenten permanenter
dative permanentem permanenter permanentem permanenten
accusative permanenten permanente permanentes permanente
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der permanente die permanente das permanente die permanenten
genitive des permanenten der permanenten des permanenten der permanenten
dative dem permanenten der permanenten dem permanenten den permanenten
accusative den permanenten die permanente das permanente die permanenten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein permanenter eine permanente ein permanentes (keine) permanenten
genitive eines permanenten einer permanenten eines permanenten (keiner) permanenten
dative einem permanenten einer permanenten einem permanenten (keinen) permanenten
accusative einen permanenten eine permanente ein permanentes (keine) permanenten

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permanent

  1. permanently, incessantly
    Synonyms: ständig, unaufhörlich

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  • “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

Latin

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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 Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin permanēns.

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

  1. permanent
  2. (as an adverb) permanently

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Latin permanēns.

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

  1. permanent

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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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Declension of permanent
singular plural
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

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permanent (not comparable)

  1. permanent
    Antonym: tillfällig

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

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