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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/
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• General-American: /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mənənt
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER1 M AH0 N AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَائِم (dāʔim) — without end
• Armenian: մշտական (mštakan) — without end
• Azerbaijani: daimi — without end
• Belarusian: пастая́нны (pastajánny) — without end
• Belarusian: ста́лы (stály) — without end
• Bengali: মুদামি (mudami) — without end
• Bulgarian: постоя́нен (postojánen) — without end
• Bulgarian: безкраен (bezkraen) — without end
• Catalan: permanent — without end
• Chinese Mandarin: 永久 (yǒngjiǔ) — without end
• Crimean Tatar: temelli — without end
• Czech: trvalý — without end
• Dutch: bestendig — without end
• Dutch: voorgoed — without end
• Dutch: eeuwig — without end
• Dutch: permanent — without end
• Estonian: püsiv — without end
• Estonian: jääv — without end
• Finnish: pysyvä — without end
• Finnish: ikuinen — without end
• Finnish: jatkuva — without end
• Finnish: kestävä — without end
• Finnish: vakituinen — without end
• French: permanent — without end
• Galician: permanente — without end
• Georgian: მუდმივი (mudmivi) — without end
• Georgian: მარადი (maradi) — without end
• Georgian: სამუდამო (samudamo) — without end
• Georgian: მარადიული (maradiuli) — without end
• German: permanent — without end
• German: ständig — without end
• German: beständig — without end
• German: unbefristet — without end
• German: dauerhaft — without end
• Greek: μόνιμος (mónimos) — without end
• Hindi: अनंत (anant) — without end
• Hindi: स्थायी (sthāyī) — without end
• Hindi: शाश्वत (śāśvat) — without end
• Hungarian: állandó — without end
• Ido: permananta — without end
• Indonesian: permanen — without end
• Indonesian: langgeng — without end
• Indonesian: kekal — without end
• Indonesian: abadi — without end
• Indonesian: daim — without end
• Italian: permanente — without end
• Japanese: 永久の (eikyū-no) — without end
• Kazakh: тұрақты (tūraqty) — without end
• Kazakh: мәңгі (mäñgı) — without end
• Korean: 영구적인 (yeonggujeog-in) — without end
• Latin: aeternus — without end
• Malay: kekal — without end
• Māori: tūturu — without end
• Old English: heahfæst — without end
• Old English: unateorigendlic — without end
• Old English: ungewitendlic — without end
• Old English: unlæne — without end
• Persian: ماندگار (mândegâr) — without end
• Persian: پایدار (pâydâr) — without end
• Persian: جاودان (jâvdân) — without end
• Polish: stały — without end
• Portuguese: permanente — without end
• Russian: постоя́нный (postojánnyj) — without end
• Russian: неизме́нный (neizménnyj) — without end
• Russian: пермане́нтный (permanéntnyj) — without end
• Serbo-Croatian: trajan — without end
• Serbo-Croatian: stalan — without end
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅčan — without end
• Spanish: permanente — without end
• Swedish: ständig — without end
• Tagalog: palagian — without end
• Tagalog: permanente — without end
• Telugu: శాశ్వతం (śāśvataṁ) — without end
• Thai: ถาวร (tǎa-wɔɔn) — without end
• Turkish: kalıcı — without end
• Turkish: süregelen — without end
• Ottoman Turkish: صوڭسز (soñsız) — without end
• Ottoman Turkish: ابدی (ebedî) — without end
• Ottoman Turkish: دایم (daim) — without end
• Ottoman Turkish: موبد (muʿebbed) — without end
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — without end
• Ukrainian: пості́йний (postíjnyj) — without end
• Ukrainian: ста́лий (stályj) — without end
• Armenian: մշտական (mštakan) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Azerbaijani: daimi — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Bulgarian: дълготраен (dǎlgotraen) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Catalan: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Chinese Mandarin: 長久 /长久 (chángjiǔ) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Czech: trvalý — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Danish: varig — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Danish: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Danish: blivende — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Esperanto: daŭra — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Estonian: igavene — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Estonian: jäädav — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Faroese: varandi — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Faroese: áhaldandi — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Faroese: støðugur — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Finnish: pysyvä — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Finnish: ikuinen — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Finnish: jatkuva — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Finnish: kestävä — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Finnish: vakituinen — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• French: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Galician: permanente — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Georgian: სამუდამო (samudamo) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Georgian: სამარადისო (samaradiso) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• German: ständig — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• German: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Hungarian: tartós — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Icelandic: varanlegur — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Ido: permananta — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Indonesian: langgeng — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Indonesian: kekal — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Indonesian: abadi — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Indonesian: daim — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Italian: permanente — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Italian: fisso — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Latin: statīvus — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Malay: kekal — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Malayalam: സ്ഥിര (sthira) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Malayalam: സ്ഥിരമായ (sthiramāya) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Māori: pūwhenua — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Māori: pūmau — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Bokmål: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Bokmål: fast — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Bokmål: varig — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: permanent — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fast — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: varig — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Persian: همیشگی (hamišegi) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Persian: بیپایان (bi-pâyân) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Plautdietsch: bestendich — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Polish: permanentny — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Polish: trwały — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Portuguese: permanente — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Russian: долговре́менный (dolgovrémennyj) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Russian: пермане́нтный (permanéntnyj) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Serbo-Croatian: dugotrajan — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Serbo-Croatian: trȃjan — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Sindhi: مستقل (mstql) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Sindhi: دائمي (dāme) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Spanish: permanente — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Swedish: varaktig — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Swedish: bestående — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Tagalog: palagian — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Tagalog: permanente — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Telugu: శాశ్వతం (śāśvataṁ) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Tocharian B: eṃṣketstse — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — lasting for an indefinitely long time
• Bulgarian: трайно къдрене (trajno kǎdrene) — hair treatment
• Chinese Mandarin: 燙髮 /烫发 (tàngfà) — hair treatment
• Chinese Mandarin: 燙頭 /烫头 (tàngtóu) — hair treatment
• Danish: permanent — hair treatment
• Dutch: permanent — hair treatment
• Finnish: permanentti — hair treatment
• Finnish: kestokiharat — hair treatment
• French: permanente — hair treatment
• German: Dauerwelle — hair treatment
• Greek: περμανάντ (permanánt) — hair treatment
• Hungarian: dauer — hair treatment
• Icelandic: permanent — hair treatment
• Italian: permanente — hair treatment
• Italian: messa in piega — hair treatment
• Japanese: パーマ (pāma) — hair treatment
• Korean: 파마 (pama) — hair treatment
• Polish: trwała — hair treatment
• Polish: trwała ondulacja — hair treatment
• Russian: пермане́нт (permanént) — hair treatment
• Russian: зави́вка (zavívka) — hair treatment
• Turkish: perma — hair treatment
• Turkish: permanant — hair treatment
• Bulgarian: перманент (permanent) — sum over all permutations
• Finnish: permanentti — sum over all permutations
• French: permanent — sum over all permutations
• German: Permanente — sum over all permutations