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interminable
English
Etymology
From Middle French interminable, from Late Latin interminabilis
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?t??(?).m?n.?.b?l/
Adjective
interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
- Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Translations
Noun
interminable (plural interminables)
- (mathematics, dated) A repeating decimal.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin intermin?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.t??.mi?na.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.t?r.mi?na.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.te?.mi?na.ble/
Adjective
interminable (masculine and feminine plural interminables)
- interminable, unending
Derived terms
- interminablement
Further reading
- “interminable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interminable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “interminable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interminable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intermin?bilis. Synchronically analysable as in- +? terminer +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.mi.nabl/
Adjective
interminable (plural interminables)
- unending, endless, ceaseless, neverending
Further reading
- “interminable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
interminable (plural interminables)
- unending, interminable
- Synonym: inacabable
Related terms
- terminar
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persistent
English
Etymology
From Latin persist?ns, present participle of persist? (“to continue steadfastly”). Synchronically analyzable as persist +? -ent.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??s?st?nt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??s?st?nt/
- Hyphenation: per?sis?tent
Adjective
persistent (comparative more persistent, superlative most persistent)
- Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
- She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
- Insistently repetitive.
- There was a persistent knocking on the door.
- Indefinitely continuous.
- There have been persistent rumours for years.
- (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
- Pine cones have persistent scales.
- (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
- Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
- (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- pinsetters, presentist, prettiness, serpentist
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin persist?ns.
Adjective
persistent (masculine and feminine plural persistents)
- persistent
Derived terms
- persistentment
Related terms
- persistència
- persistir
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.
- “persistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “persistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: persiste, persistes
Verb
persistent
- third-person plural present indicative of persister
- third-person plural present subjunctive of persister
Latin
Verb
persistent
- third-person plural future active indicative of persist?
Romanian
Etymology
From French persistant.
Adjective
persistent m or n (feminine singular persistent?, masculine plural persisten?i, feminine and neuter plural persistente)
- persistent
Declension
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