permanence

English

Etymology

From Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜɹmənəns/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜmənəns/

Noun

permanence (countable and uncountable, plural permanences)

The state of being permanent.
(physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

Antonyms

(state): transience
(state): impermanence

Related terms

permanent

Translations

the state of being permanent

Arabic: دَوَام‎ (ar) m (dawām)
Armenian: մնայունություն (hy) (mnayunutʿyun), մշտականություն (hy) (mštakanutʿyun)
Catalan: permanència f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 永久性 (zh) (yǒngjiǔxìng), 永恆性 (zh), 永恒性 (zh) (yǒnghéngxìng)
Finnish: pysyvyys (fi)
French: permanence (fr) f
German: Permanenz (de) f, Dauerhaftigkeit f
Greek: μονιμότητα (el) f (monimótita), σταθερότητα (el) f (statherótita)
Hindi: स्थायित्व (hi) (sthāyitv)
Hungarian: állandóság (hu)

Ido: permano (io)
Irish: buaine f, marthanaí f, síoraíocht f
Japanese: 永続 (ja) (えいぞく, eizoku), 永久 (ja) (えいきゅう, eikyū)
Korean: 영구성 (yeongguseong)
Maori: turuturu
Polish: permanencja (pl) f
Portuguese: permanência (pt) f
Russian: постоя́нство (ru) n (postojánstvo)
Spanish: permanencia (es) f
Swedish: beständighet
Vietnamese: sự thường xuyên

the reciprocal of magnetic inductance

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/

Noun

permanence f (plural permanences)

permanence (state of being permanent)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Romanian: permanență

Further reading

“permanence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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