different between perm vs permian

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

1. (US) A permanent.
2. (Britain) A permanent wave.

Verb

perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)

1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.

Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

1. (informal) A permutation.
2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.

Derived terms

• T perm

Anagrams

• Emp'r, Prem, prem

Czech

Noun

perm m

1. Permian (geological period)

Further reading

• perm in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• perm in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rm]
• Hyphenation: perm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Noun

perm (uncountable)

1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

Derived terms

• permi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

• ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

• “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

• ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

• “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Noun

perm m inan

1. (geology) Permian

Romanian

Etymology

From French permien

Noun

permian n (plural permieni)

1. Permian

Declension