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Etymology
From MF. #French|permanent, from L. permanens (continuing), from permaneo#Latin|perman�o (to stay to the end). Used in English since 15th century.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-permanent.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Without end, eternal.

#: Nothing in this world is truly permanent.

1. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

#: The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

Translations
trans-top|without end
Arabic: Arab|دائ� IPAchar|(d��im)
Chinese: 永� (y�ngji�)
Dutch: bestendig
Finnish: pysyvä, ikuinen, jatkuva, kestävä
French: #French|permanent
German: beständig
Hungarian: állandó
Italian: permanente
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Japanese: 永�� (������, eikyū no)
Korean: �구�� (yeonggujeokin)
Portuguese: permanente
Russian: по��о�нн�й (postojánnyj), неизменн�й (neizménnyj), пе�манен�н�й (permanéntnyj)
Serbian: trajan, stalan
Spanish: permanente
Swedish: ständig
Telugu: శాశ�వత� (SaaSvataM?)
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trans-top|lasting for an indefinitely long time
Finnish: pysyvä, ikuinen, jatkuva, kestävä
French: #French|permanent
Italian: permanente
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Russian: долгов�еменн�й (dolgovrémennyj), пе�манен�н�й (permanéntnyj)
Serbian: dugotrajan, trajan
Telugu: శాశ�వత� (SaaSvataM?)
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Esperanto: konstanta
ttbc|Ido: Permanenta
ttbc|Spanish: Permanente

Derived terms
permadeath
permafrost
permanent way
permatemp
impermanent (antonym)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. colloquial A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks.
2. combinatorics Given an <math>n \times n</math> matrix <math>a_{ij} \,</math>, the sum over all permutations <math>\pi \,</math> of <math>\prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}</math>.

Translations
trans-top|hair treatment
Finnish: permanentti, kestokiharat
French: permanente f
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Italian: permanente f
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trans-top|sum over all permutations
French: #French|permanent
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See also
determinant
ephemeral
relaxer
temporary

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /p��.ma.n��/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /pER.ma.nA~/

Etymology
From L. permanentem (nominative of permanens).

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smpermanent|sfpermanente|pmpermanents|pfpermanentes|smpp��.ma.n��|sfpp��.ma.n��t|pmpp��.ma.n��|pfpp��.ma.n��t
permanent

1. #English|permanent

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #Noun|permanent

Category:Hair
Category:Time

German

Adverb
rfc-level|Adverb at L4+ not in L3 Ety section
permanent

1. permanently, incessantly

Synonyms
ständig, unaufhörlich

Category:German adverbs

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zh:permanent

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