adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Permian
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɜːmɪən/
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General-American: /ˈpɝmɪən/
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CMU ARPABET: P ER1 M IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to their language; Permic.
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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name
Meaning 4
The language of these people; Permic.
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name
Meaning 5
The Permian period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Bjarmian
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noun
Meaning 7
from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Permian period
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: period, geological period
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: permiläinen — pertaining to the Perm region and its inhabitants
- Polish: permski — pertaining to the Perm region and its inhabitants
- Finnish: permiläinen — pertaining to the Permic languages
- Polish: permski — pertaining to the Permic languages
- Catalan: permià — pertaining to the Permian period
- Catalan: pèrmic — pertaining to the Permian period
- Finnish: permikautinen — pertaining to the Permian period
- German: permisch — pertaining to the Permian period
- Hungarian: permi — pertaining to the Permian period
- Polish: permski — pertaining to the Permian period
- Portuguese: permiano — pertaining to the Permian period
- Chinese Mandarin: 二疊紀 /二叠纪 (Èrdié Jì) — Permian period
- Chinese Mandarin: 二迭紀 /二迭纪 (Èrdié Jì) — Permian period
- Czech: perm — Permian period
- Estonian: perm — Permian period
- Finnish: permikausi — Permian period
- French: Permien — Permian period
- German: Perm — Permian period
- Greek: Πέρμια (Pérmia) — Permian period
- Hungarian: perm — Permian period
- Japanese: ペルム紀 (Perumuki) — Permian period
- Mongolian: Пермийн галав (Permiin galav) — Permian period
- Mongolian: ᠫᠧᠷᠮᠢ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ (pērmi ɣalba) — Permian period
- Polish: perm — Permian period
- Portuguese: Permiano — Permian period
- Russian: пермь (permʹ) — Permian period
- Russian: пе́рмский пери́од (pérmskij períod) — Permian period
- Spanish: Pérmico — Permian period
- Vietnamese: kỉ Péc-mi — Permian period
- Finnish: permiläinen — person
- Polish: Perm — person
- Polish: Permka — person
Real reading context