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permanent
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)
- Without end, eternal.
- 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)
- 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.
- 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 8:
- (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
- (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)
- (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)
- 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)
- permanent
Derived terms
- ordre permanent
Noun
permanent m (plural permanents)
- (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)
- permanent
Declension
Adverb
permanent
- 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)
- permanent
Latin
Verb
permanent
- third-person plural present active indicative of permane?
Middle French
Adjective
permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)
- permanent
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin permanens
Adjective
permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)
- permanent
- (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)
- 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)
- permanent
Declension
permanent From the web:
- what permanent means
- what permanently removes hair
- what permanent resident card
- what permanently kills weeds
- what permanently kills grass
- what permanent tooth replaces d
- what permanent hair color is best
- what permanent markers are non toxic
limited
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?m?t?d/
- Hyphenation: lim?it?ed
Verb
limited
- simple past tense and past participle of limit
Adjective
limited (comparative more limited, superlative most limited)
- With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
- Restricted, small, few, not plentiful.
- There are limited places available. Enrol now or you will miss out.
- I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.
Synonyms
- finite
Antonyms
- endless
- infinite
- unlimited
Derived terms
- feature-limited
- limited-stop
- time-limited
Related terms
- limitedly
- limitedness
See also
- Ltd.
Translations
Noun
limited (plural limiteds)
- (rail transport) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
References
- limited on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- delimit, melitid
limited From the web:
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- what limited government
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- what limited the power of the king
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