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permanent

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    From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“I stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.

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    permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)

    1. Without end, eternal.
      Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
    2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
      The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

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    permanent (plural permanents)

    1. 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, published 2005, page 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.
    2. (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an   matrix  , the sum over all permutations   of  .
    3. (collectible card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

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    permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)

    1. (transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).

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    permanent m or f (masculine and feminine plural permanents)

    1. permanent
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    Borrowed from French permanent, from Latin permanēns. The noun is a shortening of permanent hairwave, which was borrowed from English permanent hairwave, and may have been influenced by or borrowed from American English permanent.

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    • IPA(key): /ˌpɛr.maːˈnɛnt/
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    • Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent
    • Rhymes: -ɛnt

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    permanent (not comparable)

    1. permanent
      Antonym: tijdelijk

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    Declension of permanent
    uninflected permanent
    inflected permanente
    comparative —
    positive
    predicative/adverbial permanent
    indefinite m./f. sing. permanente
    n. sing. permanent
    plural permanente
    definite permanente
    partitive permanents

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    • → Indonesian: permanen, pêrmanèn

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    permanent m (plural permanenten, diminutive permanentje n)

    1. (chiefly diminutive) perm, permanent, permanent wave [from ca. 1930]
      • 1932 February 6, "Nieuwe kapperszaak", Het Vaderland, vol. 63, evening edition, part 1, page 2.
        In elk kamertje is een keurige kaptafel met de bijbehoorende ingrediënten, knusse hoekjes, echt uitnoodigend tot een genoegelijk permanentje of watergolfje.
        In each cubicle there is a proper hairdressing table with the concomitant ingredients, cozy corners, really inviting for a perm or a setting hairstyle.
      • 1937, H. Kuyper-van Oordt, "Jonker Costijn", in Het heerlijk ambacht, G. F. Callenbach (publ., 6th. print), page 121.
        Wat een lichte jurken, en lichte zomermantels, en permanentjes en nette beenen.
        Such light dresses, and light summer coats, and perms and tidy legs.

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    French

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    From Middle French permanant, permanent, from Latin permanentem (accusative of permanēns).

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    permanent (feminine permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

    1. permanent

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    permanent m (plural permanents)

    1. (mathematics) permanent
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    Borrowed from French permanent.

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    permanent (strong nominative masculine singular permanenter, not comparable)

    1. permanent

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    Positive forms of permanent (uncomparable)
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist permanent sie ist permanent es ist permanent sie sind permanent
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative permanenter permanente permanentes permanente
    genitive permanenten permanenter permanenten permanenter
    dative permanentem permanenter permanentem permanenten
    accusative permanenten permanente permanentes permanente
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    (with definite article)     		nominative der permanente die permanente das permanente die permanenten
    genitive des permanenten der permanenten des permanenten der permanenten
    dative dem permanenten der permanenten dem permanenten den permanenten
    accusative den permanenten die permanente das permanente die permanenten
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein permanenter eine permanente ein permanentes (keine) permanenten
    genitive eines permanenten einer permanenten eines permanenten (keiner) permanenten
    dative einem permanenten einer permanenten einem permanenten (keinen) permanenten
    accusative einen permanenten eine permanente ein permanentes (keine) permanenten

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    permanent

    1. permanently, incessantly
      Synonyms: ständig, unaufhörlich

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    • “permanent” in Duden online
    • “permanent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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    permanent m (feminine singular permanenta, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

    1. permanent

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    permanent

    1. third-person plural present active indicative of permaneō

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      permanent m (feminine singular permanente, masculine plural permanents, feminine plural permanentes)

      1. permanent

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Etymology

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      From Latin permanēns.

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      permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)

      1. permanent
      2. (as an adverb) permanently

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      From Latin permanēns.

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      permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)

      1. permanent

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French permanent.

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      • IPA(key): /per.maˈnent/
      • Rhymes: -ent
      • Hyphenation: per‧ma‧nent

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      permanent m or n (feminine singular permanentă, masculine plural permanenți, feminine and neuter plural permanente)

      1. permanent

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      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite permanent permanentă permanenți permanente
      definite permanentul permanenta permanenții permanentele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite permanent permanente permanenți permanente
      definite permanentului permanentei permanenților permanentelor

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      permanent

      1. permanently (forever)

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      permanent (not comparable)

      1. permanent
        Antonym: tillfällig

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      Inflection of permanent
      Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
      common singular permanent — —
      neuter singular permanent — —
      plural permanenta — —
      masculine plural2 permanente — —
      Definite positive comparative superlative
      masculine singular3 permanente — —
      all permanenta — —

      1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
      2 Dated or archaic.
      3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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      permanent c

      1. perm, permanent (a treatment to make hair curly)
      2. permed hair

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      Declension of permanent
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite permanent permanents
      definite permanenten permanentens
      plural indefinite permanenter permanenters
      definite permanenterna permanenternas
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