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permanent
- /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/ Australia, UK
- /ˈpɝ.mə.nənt/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mənənt
Where it comes from
From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.
adjective more permanent · most permanent
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Without end, eternal.
Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
Similar: everlasting
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Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
Similar: durable
Similar: forever, never-ending, unending, endless, intransient · Opposite: impermanent, temporary
noun permanents
- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm. She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
- Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).
- A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
verb permanents · permanenting · permanented
- To perm (the hair).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: everlasting, eternal, ageless, perpetual, imperishable, unceasing, unending, enduring, lasting, abiding, indissoluble, irreversible, standing, perm, permanent wave, forever
adjective
Similar: forever, never-ending, unending, endless, intransient · Opposite: impermanent, temporary
Translations
Every language
adj without end
| Español | permanente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 영구적인 yeonggujeog-in |
| 日本語 | 永久の eikyū-no |
| 中文 | 永久 yǒngjiǔ |
| हिन्दी | अनंत anant, स्थायी sthāyī, शाश्वत śāśvat |
| Português | permanente |
| Français | permanent |
| Deutsch | permanent, ständig, beständig, unbefristet, dauerhaft |
| Italiano | permanente |
| Ελληνικά | μόνιμος mónimos |
| Русский | постоя́нный postojánnyj, неизме́нный neizménnyj, пермане́нтный permanéntnyj |
| العربية | دَائِم dāʔim |
adj lasting for an indefinitely long time
| Español | permanente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 長久 /长久 chángjiǔ |
| Português | permanente |
| Français | permanent |
| Deutsch | ständig, permanent |
| Italiano | permanente, fisso |
| Русский | долговре́менный dolgovrémennyj, пермане́нтный permanéntnyj |
noun hair treatment
| 한국어 | 파마 pama |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パーマ pāma |
| 中文 | 燙髮 /烫发 tàngfà, 燙頭 /烫头 tàngtóu |
| Français | permanente |
| Deutsch | Dauerwelle |
| Italiano | permanente, messa in piega |
| Ελληνικά | περμανάντ permanánt |
| Русский | пермане́нт permanént, зави́вка zavívka |
noun sum over all permutations
| Français | permanent |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Permanente |
Talk about this word "permanent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/permanent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. permanent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/permanent "permanent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/permanent.Cite this
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title = {permanent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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