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English
Etymology
From Middle English perseveraunt, from Middle French perseverant, from Latin persevērāns, present participle of persevērō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perseverant (comparative more perseverant, superlative most perseverant)
- Enduring; persistent, resistant.
2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 121:He was clumsy and struggling but perseverant, determined to accomplish the task he had set himself, and his keenness affronted Crystal.
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
perseverant m or f (masculine and feminine plural perseverants)
- perseverant, persistent
Verb
perseverant
- gerund of perseverar
Further reading
- “perseverant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “perseverant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “perseverant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perseverant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
persevērant
- third-person plural present active indicative of persevērō