perm

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. Short for permanent wave (hairstyle).
Derived terms

Verb

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.
Translations

Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

Noun

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

Etymology 3

Short for permission.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. (computing) Permission

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation


Noun

perm

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

Verb

perm

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

References

Czech

Noun

perm m inan

  1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

perm (uncountable)

  1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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-attributive
possessive - singular
permé
non-attributive
possessive - 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (parchment).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm m (indeclinable)

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (parchment).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

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

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

perm m inan

  1. (geology) Permian

Further reading

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