different between final vs permanent

English

Etymology

From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin f?n?lis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from f?nis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'n?l, IPA^(key): /?fa?.n?l/, [-n??]
• Rhymes: -a?n?l
• Hyphenation: fi?nal

Noun

final (plural finals)

1. (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
2. (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
3. A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
4. (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
5. (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fainaru)

Translations

Adjective

final (comparative more final, superlative most final)

1. Last; ultimate.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Yet despair not of his final pardon.

2. Conclusive; decisive.

3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
5. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
6. (linguistics) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.

Synonyms

• (last, ultimate): dernier (dated), endly, terminal

Antonyms

• initial
• early
• first

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• final in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• final in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alfin, flain

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi?nal/

Adjective

final (masculine and feminine plural finals)

1. final

Synonyms

• darrer, últim

Derived terms

• finalment

Related terms

• finalitat

Noun

final m (plural finals)

1. end (last point or moment of something)
2. finale (chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works)

Synonyms

• (end): fi

Derived terms

• finalisme
• finalitzar

Noun

final f (plural finals)

1. (sports, competitions) final, final round

Derived terms

• finalista

Further reading

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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian finale, from Latin f?n?lis, from f?nis (“end”).

Noun

final

1. a final

Declension

Adjective

final

1. final

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

From Latin f?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.nal/

Adjective

final (feminine singular finale, masculine plural finaux, feminine plural finales)

1. final (last)
2. (linguistics, grammar) expressing purpose

Derived terms

Related terms

• finale
• finalement
• finaliser
• finaliste
• finalité

Further reading

• “final” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

18th century, from Latin fin?lis, perhaps in part through French final. Recently revived to some degree by influence of English final.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?na?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

final (not comparable)

1. (grammar) final; expressing purpose
2. (solemn) final; conclusive; irrevocable (that which will not or cannot be changed anymore, sometimes implying death)

3. (rare, pompous, chiefly anglicism) final; last

Declension

Synonyms

• (conclusive, irrevocable): endgültig; abschließend; unwiderruflich; entscheidend
• (last): letzter

Related terms

• Finale

Italian

Adjective

final (invariant)

1. Apocopic form of finale

Noun

final m

1. Apocopic form of finale

Ladin

Adjective

final m (feminine singular finala, masculine plural finai, feminine plural finales)

1. final

Old French

Adjective

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

1. final, definitive, last

Declension

Descendants

• English: final
• French: final

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin f?n?lis, from f?nis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.?na?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.?naw/, [f?.?n?ä??]
• Hyphenation: fi?nal

Adjective

final m or f (plural finais, comparable)

1. final, ultimate, last

   Synonyms: derradeiro, último

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.

Noun

final m (plural finais)

1. an end

   Synonyms: fim, término

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.

Noun

final f (plural finais)

1. (sports) final

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.

Related terms

• fim
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

Romanian

Etymology

From French final, from Latin finalis.

Adjective

final m or n (feminine singular final?, masculine plural finali, feminine and neuter plural finale)

1. final

Declension

Related terms

• finalitate
• finaliza

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

final m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (linguistics) final (last letter of word)
2. (sports) final

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?nal/, [fi?nal]
• Hyphenation: fi?nal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)

1. final

Derived terms

Noun

final m (plural finales)

1. an end

   Synonyms: fin, término

2. (sports) final

Derived terms

Related terms

• fin
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??n??l/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian finale and French final from Latin fin?lis, from f?nis + -?lis.

Noun

final c

1. a finale

Adjective

final (not comparable)

1. (grammar) final, expressing purpose

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English final.

Noun

final c

1. (sports) a final

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kval
• turnering

Anagrams

• flina

Turkish

Etymology

From French final.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /final/

Noun

final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)

1. the end
2. (education) the final exam
3. (music) finale
4. (sports) in tournaments: the last contest

Declension

English

Etymology

Used in English since 15th century, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, from perman?o (“I stay through”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?m?n?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
• 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, 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.
   • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 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 ${\displaystyle n\times n}$ matrix ${\displaystyle a_{ij}\,}$, the sum over all permutations ${\displaystyle \pi \,}$ of ${\displaystyle \prod _{i=1}^{n}{a_{i\pi (i)}}}$.
3. (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

Translations

See also

• determinant
• ephemeral
• relaxer
• temporary

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• permanent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• permanent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Petermann, merpentan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.m??nent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.m??nen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe?.ma?nent/

Adjective

permanent (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.

French

Etymology

From Latin permanentem (accusative of permanens).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.ma.n??/

Adjective

permanent (feminine singular 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French permanent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ma?n?nt/

Adjective

permanent (not comparable)

1. permanent

Declension

Adverb

permanent

1. permanently, incessantly

Synonyms

• ständig, unaufhörlich

Further reading

• “permanent” in Duden online

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 permane?

Middle French

Adjective

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

1. permanent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin permanens

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 permanens

Adjective

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

1. permanent

References

• “permanent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French permanent

Adjective

permanent m or n (feminine singular permanent?, masculine plural permanen?i, feminine and neuter plural permanente)

1. permanent

Declension