perm

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Short for permanent.

Noun

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perm (plural perms)

  1. Short for permanent wave (hairstyle).
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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.
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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.
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Etymology 3

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Short for permission.

Noun

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perm (plural perms)

  1. (computing) Permission

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation

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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

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Czech

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Noun

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perm m inan

  1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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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Noun

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perm (uncountable)

  1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

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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

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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
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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) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
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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

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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
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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)
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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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

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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