persistent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪstənt/
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• Canada, General-American: /pɚˈsɪstənt/
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• Australian: /pəˈsɪstənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S IH1 S T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist + -ent.

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: насто́йлівы (nastójlivy) — refusing to give up
• Bulgarian: постоя́нен (postojánen) — refusing to give up
• Bulgarian: упори́т (uporít) — refusing to give up
• Catalan: persistent — refusing to give up
• Chinese Mandarin: 持續的 /持续的 (chíxù de) — refusing to give up
• Chinese Mandarin: 固執的 /固执的 (gùzhí de) — refusing to give up
• Chinese Mandarin: 頑固的 /顽固的 (wángù de) — refusing to give up
• Dutch: volhardend — refusing to give up
• Esperanto: persista — refusing to give up
• Finnish: sitkeä — refusing to give up
• Finnish: sinnikäs — refusing to give up
• French: persistant — refusing to give up
• French: tenace — refusing to give up
• Galician: persistente — refusing to give up
• Galician: teimudo — refusing to give up
• German: ausdauernd — refusing to give up
• German: hartnäckig — refusing to give up
• German: beharrlich — refusing to give up
• Greek: επίμονος (epímonos) — refusing to give up
• Hebrew: עקשן (akshán) — refusing to give up
• Hungarian: kitartó — refusing to give up
• Hungarian: állhatatos — refusing to give up
• Italian: tenace — refusing to give up
• Italian: insistente — refusing to give up
• Italian: durevole — refusing to give up
• Japanese: 頑固な (ganko) — refusing to give up
• Japanese: 固執した (koshitsu shita) — refusing to give up
• Japanese: 不屈の (fukutsu no) — refusing to give up
• Japanese: しつこい (shitsukoi) — refusing to give up
• Central Kurdish: بەردەوام بوون (berdewam bûn) — refusing to give up
• Latin: pervicax — refusing to give up
• Macedonian: у́порен (úporen) — refusing to give up
• Macedonian: и́страен (ístraen) — refusing to give up
• Macedonian: на́стојчив (nástojčiv) — refusing to give up
• Macedonian: по́стојан (póstojan) — refusing to give up
• Māori: aumou — refusing to give up
• Māori: pakepake — refusing to give up
• Māori: ngana — refusing to give up
• Māori: pikoni — refusing to give up
• Māori: pūnoke — refusing to give up
• Middle English: dregh — refusing to give up
• Plautdietsch: aunhoolent — refusing to give up
• Polish: uporczywy — refusing to give up
• Polish: bezustanny — refusing to give up
• Polish: ciągły — refusing to give up
• Polish: wytrwały — refusing to give up
• Portuguese: persistente — refusing to give up
• Russian: насто́йчивый (nastójčivyj) — refusing to give up
• Russian: упо́рный (upórnyj) — refusing to give up
• Russian: неотсту́пный (neotstúpnyj) — refusing to give up
• Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainneach — refusing to give up
• Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach — refusing to give up
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏по̄ран — refusing to give up
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕpōran — refusing to give up
• Spanish: persistente — refusing to give up
• Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان (yapışkan) — refusing to give up
• Ukrainian: настійний (nastijnyj) — refusing to give up
• Ukrainian: насті́йливий (nastíjlyvyj) — refusing to give up
• Vietnamese: kiên trì — refusing to give up
• Vietnamese: dai dẳng — refusing to give up
• Welsh: dyfal — refusing to give up
• Bulgarian: постоя́нен (postojánen) — insistently repetitive
• Finnish: jatkuva — insistently repetitive
• Finnish: itsepintainen — insistently repetitive
• Finnish: sinnikäs — insistently repetitive
• German: beharrlich — insistently repetitive
• German: unaufhörlich — insistently repetitive
• Greek: επίμονος (epímonos) — insistently repetitive
• Hebrew: מתמיד (matmíd) — insistently repetitive
• Italian: insistente — insistently repetitive
• Italian: incessante — insistently repetitive
• Japanese: しつこい (shitsukoi) — insistently repetitive
• Japanese: 執拗な (shitsuyō na) — insistently repetitive
• Central Kurdish: بەردەوام بوون (berdewam bûn) — insistently repetitive
• Macedonian: на́стојчив (nástojčiv) — insistently repetitive
• Macedonian: по́стојан (póstojan) — insistently repetitive
• Polish: bezustanny — insistently repetitive
• Polish: uporczywy — insistently repetitive
• Russian: насто́йчивый (nastójčivyj) — insistently repetitive
• Russian: постоя́нный (postojánnyj) — insistently repetitive
• Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainneach — insistently repetitive
• Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach — insistently repetitive
• Bulgarian: постоя́нен (postojánen) — indefinitely continuous
• Dutch: hardnekkig — indefinitely continuous
• Finnish: jatkuva — indefinitely continuous
• Finnish: toistuva — indefinitely continuous
• German: ständig — indefinitely continuous
• German: anhaltend — indefinitely continuous
• German: andauernd — indefinitely continuous
• German: hartnäckig — indefinitely continuous
• Italian: continuo — indefinitely continuous
• Japanese: 長引く (nagabiku) — indefinitely continuous
• Japanese: じぞくせいの — indefinitely continuous
• Japanese: 持続性の (jizokusei no) — indefinitely continuous
• Japanese: いつまでも続く (itsumademo tsudzuku) — indefinitely continuous
• Latin: iūgis — indefinitely continuous
• Macedonian: по́стојан (póstojan) — indefinitely continuous
• Māori: niwaniwa — indefinitely continuous
• Middle English: dregh — indefinitely continuous
• Polish: ciągły — indefinitely continuous
• Polish: nieustanny — indefinitely continuous
• Russian: постоя́нный (postojánnyj) — indefinitely continuous
• Russian: усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) — indefinitely continuous
• Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach — indefinitely continuous
• Bulgarian: неопадащ (neopadašt) — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• Finnish: pysyvä — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• German: persistierend — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• German: dauerhaft — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• German: beständig — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• Italian: persistente — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• Macedonian: и́здржлив (ízdržliv) — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• Russian: сто́йкий (stójkij) — botany: lasting past maturity without falling off
• Finnish: pysyvä — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• German: dauerhaft — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• Italian: persistente — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• Macedonian: по́стојан (póstojan) — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• Polish: trwały — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• Russian: постоя́нный (postojánnyj) — computing: existing after the execution of the program
• Bulgarian: непеходен (nepehoden) — math: non-transient
• Finnish: pysyvä — math: non-transient
• Hebrew: נשנה (nishné) — math: non-transient