different between stamina vs permanence

English

Etymology

From Latin st?mina, plural of st?men.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• Rhymes: -æm?n?
• Hyphenation: stam?i?na

Noun

stamina (usually uncountable, plural staminas)

1. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

   He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, plural only) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

Translations

Noun

stamina

1. (rare) plural of stamen
   • 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.

   • 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.

Anagrams

• Mantias, Satnami, Tasmina, amastin, animats, manatis, manitas

Afrikaans

Noun

stamina (uncountable)

1. stamina

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta?.mi.na/, [?s?t?ä?m?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.mi.na/, [?st???min?]

Noun

st?mina

1. nominative plural of st?men
2. accusative plural of st?men
3. vocative plural of st?men

References

• stamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permane? (“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?ns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?m?n?ns/

Noun

permanence (countable and uncountable, plural permanences)

1. The state of being permanent.
2. (physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

Synonyms

• (state): perdurance, remanence; see also Thesaurus:permanence

Antonyms

• (state): transience
• (state): impermanence

Derived terms

• object permanence
• semipermanence

Related terms

• impermanence
• permanent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permane? (“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.ma.n??s/

Noun

permanence f (plural permanences)

1. permanence (state of being permanent)
2. homeroom (classroom or classes)

Derived terms

• en permanence

Related terms

• permanent
• impermanence

Descendants

• ? Romanian: permanen??

Further reading

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