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permanence

  • /ˈpɜɹmənəns/ US
  • /ˈpɜmənəns/ UK

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From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).

noun permanences

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being permanent. To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.
  2. countable, uncountable The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

Similar: perdurance, remanence, continuance, permanence, permanency, permansion, remanency · Opposite: transience, impermanence

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noun the state of being permanent

Españolpermanencia
한국어영구성 yeongguseong
日本語永続 eizoku, 永久 eikyū
中文永久性 yǒngjiǔxìng, 永恆性 /永恒性 yǒnghéngxìng
हिन्दीस्थायित्व sthāyitva
Portuguêspermanência
Françaispermanence
DeutschPermanenz, Dauerhaftigkeit
Ελληνικάμονιμότητα monimótita, σταθερότητα statherótita
Русскийпостоя́нство postojánstvo
Tiếng Việtsự thường xuyên
العربيةدَوَام dawām

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@misc{permanence_2026,
  title = {permanence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/permanence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}