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From Middle English constant, from Old French constant, from Latin constantem, accusative of constans, from cōnstāre (“to stand firm”). Displaced native Old English singal.

226 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثَابِت (ṯābit) — unchanged through time
• Azerbaijani: daimi — unchanged through time
• Azerbaijani: mütəmadi — unchanged through time
• Breton: kendalc'hus — unchanged through time
• Bulgarian: постоянен (postojanen) — unchanged through time
• Bulgarian: неизменен (neizmenen) — unchanged through time
• Catalan: constant — unchanged through time
• Dutch: constant — unchanged through time
• Esperanto: konstanta — unchanged through time
• Estonian: püsiv — unchanged through time
• Finnish: pysyvä — unchanged through time
• Finnish: muuttumaton — unchanged through time
• Finnish: vakaa — unchanged through time
• Finnish: vakio- — unchanged through time
• French: constant — unchanged through time
• Galician: constante — unchanged through time
• Georgian: მუდმივი (mudmivi) — unchanged through time
• German: beständig — unchanged through time
• German: konstant — unchanged through time
• Greek: σταθερός (statherós) — unchanged through time
• Greek: συνεχής (synechís) — unchanged through time
• Ancient Greek: συνεχής (sunekhḗs) — unchanged through time
• Hindi: स्थिर (sthir) — unchanged through time
• Hindi: अचल (acal) — unchanged through time
• Hungarian: állandó — unchanged through time
• Hungarian: változatlan — unchanged through time
• Ido: konstanta — unchanged through time
• Indonesian: konstan — unchanged through time
• Indonesian: tetap — unchanged through time
• Ingrian: jokaaikain — unchanged through time
• Irish: diongbháilte — unchanged through time
• Italian: costante — unchanged through time
• Kazakh: тұрақты (tūraqty) — unchanged through time
• Latin: constans — unchanged through time
• Māori: pūmau — unchanged through time
• Māori: tūmau — unchanged through time
• Māori: taimau — unchanged through time
• Māori: aumou — unchanged through time
• Old English: singal — unchanged through time
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — unchanged through time
• Plautdietsch: bestendich — unchanged through time
• Polish: stały — unchanged through time
• Portuguese: constante — unchanged through time
• Romanian: constant — unchanged through time
• Romanian: neschimbat — unchanged through time
• Russian: постоя́нный (postojánnyj) — unchanged through time
• Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach — unchanged through time
• Serbo-Croatian: postojan — unchanged through time
• Serbo-Croatian: stalan — unchanged through time
• Spanish: constante — unchanged through time
• Swedish: konstant — unchanged through time
• Tagalog: lagian — unchanged through time
• Tagalog: maligo — unchanged through time
• Turkish: kalıcı — unchanged through time
• Turkish: sabit — unchanged through time
• Ukrainian: пості́йний (postíjnyj) — unchanged through time
• Welsh: cyson — unchanged through time
• Azerbaijani: mütəmadi — consistently recurring over time
• Bulgarian: постоянен (postojanen) — consistently recurring over time
• Bulgarian: непрекъснат (neprekǎsnat) — consistently recurring over time
• Catalan: constant — consistently recurring over time
• Finnish: jatkuva — consistently recurring over time
• Finnish: tasainen — consistently recurring over time
• Finnish: vakio- — consistently recurring over time
• French: constant — consistently recurring over time
• German: regelmäßig — consistently recurring over time
• German: ständig — consistently recurring over time
• German: stetig — consistently recurring over time
• Greek: σταθερός (statherós) — consistently recurring over time
• Greek: διαρκής (diarkís) — consistently recurring over time
• Greek: αδιάκοπος (adiákopos) — consistently recurring over time
• Hindi: सतत (satat) — consistently recurring over time
• Hungarian: folytonos — consistently recurring over time
• Indonesian: konstan — consistently recurring over time
• Ingrian: iänikäin — consistently recurring over time
• Irish: síoraí — consistently recurring over time
• Italian: costante — consistently recurring over time
• Italian: continuo — consistently recurring over time
• Māori: rite tonu — consistently recurring over time
• Mauritian Creole: konstan — consistently recurring over time
• Old English: singal — consistently recurring over time
• Polish: bezustanny — consistently recurring over time
• Portuguese: constante — consistently recurring over time
• Romanian: constant — consistently recurring over time
• Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach — consistently recurring over time
• Spanish: constante — consistently recurring over time
• Swedish: konstant — consistently recurring over time
• Tagalog: lagian — consistently recurring over time
• Tagalog: maligo — consistently recurring over time
• Azerbaijani: mütəmadi — steady
• Breton: kendalc'hus — steady
• Bulgarian: постоянен (postojanen) — steady
• Bulgarian: неизменен (neizmenen) — steady
• Bulgarian: верен (veren) — steady
• Catalan: constant — steady
• Catalan: ferm — steady
• Catalan: perseverant — steady
• Chinese Mandarin: 持久的 (Chíjiǔde) — steady
• Finnish: vakaa — steady
• Finnish: muuttumaton — steady
• French: constant — steady
• German: konstant — steady
• German: fest — steady
• Greek: σταθερός (statherós) — steady
• Greek: συνεχής (synechís) — steady
• Hindi: धीर (dhīr) — steady
• Hindi: स्थिर (sthir) — steady
• Hungarian: állhatatos — steady
• Hungarian: kitartó — steady
• Irish: diongbháilte — steady
• Italian: costante — steady
• Polish: stały — steady
• Portuguese: constante — steady
• Romanian: constant — steady
• Romanian: stabil — steady
• Sanskrit: धीर (dhīra) — steady
• Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach — steady
• Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach — steady
• Spanish: constante — steady
• Spanish: perseverante — steady
• Spanish: constable (disused) — steady
• Swedish: konstant — steady
• Azerbaijani: daimi kəmiyyət — that which is permanent or invariable
• Breton: kendalc'h — that which is permanent or invariable
• Bulgarian: постоянна величина (postojanna veličina) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Catalan: constant — that which is permanent or invariable
• Chinese Mandarin: 常數 /常数 (chángshù) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Danish: konstant — that which is permanent or invariable
• Finnish: vakio — that which is permanent or invariable
• German: Konstante — that which is permanent or invariable
• German: Fixwert — that which is permanent or invariable
• Greek: σταθερά (statherá) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Hindi: स्थिरांक (sthirāṅk) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Hungarian: állandó — that which is permanent or invariable
• Hungarian: konstans — that which is permanent or invariable
• Italian: costante — that which is permanent or invariable
• Japanese: 定数 (teisū) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Korean: 변하지 않는 것 (byeonhaji anneun geot) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Persian: ماندگار (mândegâr) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Polish: stała — that which is permanent or invariable
• Portuguese: constante — that which is permanent or invariable
• Russian: постоя́нная (postojánnaja) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Russian: конста́нта (konstánta) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Serbo-Croatian: postojanost — that which is permanent or invariable
• Serbo-Croatian: stalnost — that which is permanent or invariable
• Spanish: constante — that which is permanent or invariable
• Swedish: konstant — that which is permanent or invariable
• Ukrainian: ста́ла (stála) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Ukrainian: конста́нта (konstánta) — that which is permanent or invariable
• Azerbaijani: daimi kəmiyyət — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Bulgarian: конста́нта (konstánta) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Catalan: constant — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Chinese Mandarin: 常量 (chángliàng) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Chinese Mandarin: 常數 /常数 (chángshù) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Czech: konstanta — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Danish: konstant — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Finnish: vakio — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• French: constante — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• German: Konstante — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Greek: σταθερά (statherá) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Hindi: स्थिरांक (sthirāṅk) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Hindi: नियतांक (niytāṅk) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Hungarian: állandó — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Hungarian: konstans — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Indonesian: konstanta — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Italian: costante — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Japanese: 定数 (teisū) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Khmer: ចំនួនថេរ (cɑmnuən thee) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Korean: 상수 (sangsu) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Korean: 정수 (jeongsu) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Malay: pemalar — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Malay: angkatap — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Māori: tau pūmau — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Polish: stała — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Portuguese: constante — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Russian: постоя́нная (postojánnaja) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Russian: конста́нта (konstánta) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Spanish: constante — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Swedish: konstant — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Tagalog: lagiin — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Thai: ค่าคงที่ (kâa-kong-tîi) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Thai: ค่าคงตัว (kâa-kong-dtuua) — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Vietnamese: hằng số — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Vietnamese: hằng — algebra: quantity that remains fixed
• Bulgarian: константа (konstanta) — science: property that does not change
• Danish: konstant — science: property that does not change
• Finnish: vakio — science: property that does not change
• Georgian: მუდმივა (mudmiva) — science: property that does not change
• German: Konstante — science: property that does not change
• Greek: σταθερά (statherá) — science: property that does not change
• Hindi: नियतांक (niytāṅk) — science: property that does not change
• Hungarian: állandó — science: property that does not change
• Hungarian: konstans — science: property that does not change
• Italian: costante — science: property that does not change
• Japanese: 定数 (teisū) — science: property that does not change
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — science: property that does not change
• Polish: stała — science: property that does not change
• Portuguese: constante — science: property that does not change
• Russian: постоя́нная (postojánnaja) — science: property that does not change
• Swedish: konstant — science: property that does not change
• Tagalog: lagiin — science: property that does not change
• Thai: ค่าคงที่ (kâa-kong-tîi) — science: property that does not change
• Thai: ค่าคงตัว (kâa-kong-dtuua) — science: property that does not change
• Turkish: sabit — science: property that does not change
• Vietnamese: hằng số — science: property that does not change
• Welsh: cysonyn — science: property that does not change
• Bulgarian: константа (konstanta) — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Czech: konstanta — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Esperanto: konstanto — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Finnish: vakio — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• French: constante — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• German: Konstante — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Greek: σταθερά (statherá) — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Hungarian: állandó — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Hungarian: konstans — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Indonesian: konstanta — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Italian: costante — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Persian: ثابت (sâbet) — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Polish: stała — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Portuguese: constante — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Serbo-Croatian: konstanta — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Spanish: constante — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Swedish: konstant — identifier that is bound to an invariant value
• Tagalog: lagiin — identifier that is bound to an invariant value