permanence

English

Etymology

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜɹmənəns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜmənəns/

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

• (antonym(s) of “state”): transience
• (antonym(s) of “state”): impermanence

Derived terms

• object permanence
• semipermanence

Related terms

• impermanence
• permanent

Translations

the state of being permanent

• Arabic: دَوَام (ar) m (dawām)
• Armenian: մնայունություն (hy) (mnayunutʻyun), մշտականություն (hy) (mštakanutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: неизменност (bg) f (neizmennost), постоянство (bg) n (postojanstvo)
• Catalan: permanència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永久性 (zh) (yǒngjiǔxìng), 永恆性 / 永恒性 (zh) (yǒnghéngxìng)

• Finnish: pysyvyys (fi)
• French: permanence (fr) f
• German: Permanenz (de) f, Dauerhaftigkeit f
• Greek: μονιμότητα (el) f (monimótita), σταθερότητα (el) f (statherótita)
• Hindi: स्थायित्व (hi) (sthāyitva)
• Hungarian: állandóság (hu), maradandóság (hu), tartósság (hu)
• Ido: permano (io)
• Irish: buaine f, marthanaí f, síoraíocht f
• Japanese: 永続 (ja) (えいぞく, eizoku), 永久 (ja) (えいきゅう, eikyū)
• Korean: 영구성 (yeongguseong)
• Maori: turuturu
• Middle English: stedefastnesse
• Polish: permanencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: permanência (pt) f
• Russian: постоя́нство (ru) n (postojánstvo)
• Spanish: permanencia (es) f
• Swedish: beständighet (sv)
• Vietnamese: sự thường xuyên

the reciprocal of magnetic inductance

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/

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: permanență

Further reading

• “permanence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.