Perm - Wiktionary

See also: Perm

English

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Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA(key): /pɝm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

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Short for permanent.

Noun

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perm (plural perms)

1. Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).

Derived terms

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• bubble perm
• disco perm
• merm
• zoomer perm

Verb

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perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)

1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.

Derived terms

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• reperm

Translations

[edit] To treat hair, to give waves, by using heat and chemicals

Dutch: permanenten (nl) French: permanenter (fr) Japanese: パーマにする (pāma ni suru) Māori: whakakōrino

Etymology 2

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Short for permutation.

Noun

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perm (plural perms)

1. (informal) A permutation.
2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.

Derived terms

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• T perm

Etymology 3

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Short for permission.

Noun

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perm (plural perms)

1. (computing) Permission

Anagrams

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• Emp'r, Prem, prem

Chinese

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Etymology

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From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation

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• Cantonese (Jyutping): poem1

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
    • Jyutping: poem1
    • Sinological IPA (key): /pʰœːm⁵⁵/

Noun

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perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

Verb

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perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

References

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• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈpɛrm]

Noun

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perm m inan

1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

[edit] Declension of perm (hard masculine inanimate)

singular	plural
nominative	perm	permy
genitive	permu	permů
dative	permu	permům
accusative	perm	permy
vocative	perme	permy
locative	permu	permech
instrumental	permem	permy

Further reading

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• “perm”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “perm”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈpɛrm]
• Hyphenation: perm
• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Noun

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perm (uncountable)

1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	perm	—
accusative	permet	—
dative	permnek	—
instrumental	permmel	—
causal-final	permért	—
translative	permmé	—
terminative	permig	—
essive-formal	permként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	permben	—
superessive	permen	—
adessive	permnél	—
illative	permbe	—
sublative	permre	—
allative	permhez	—
elative	permből	—
delative	permről	—
ablative	permtől	—
non-attributivepossessive – singular	permé	—
non-attributivepossessive – plural	perméi	—

Possessive forms of perm

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	permem	—
2nd person sing.	permed	—
3rd person sing.	permje	—
1st person plural	permünk	—
2nd person plural	permetek	—
3rd person plural	permjük	—

Derived terms

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• permi

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

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perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

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• ringperm

Etymology 2

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Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

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perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. (colloquial) clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

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• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

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From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

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perm m (indeclinable)

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

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• “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

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perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. either of the two covers of a book
2. a folder or binder

Derived terms

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• ringperm

Etymology 2

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Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

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perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

1. (colloquial) clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

Derived terms

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• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

Etymology 3

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From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

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perm ?

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

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• “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:permWikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈpɛrm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrm
• Syllabification: perm

Noun

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perm m inan

1. (geology) Permian

Further reading

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• perm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN