Permanent

Definition: Permanent

Permanent

Adjective

1. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value".

2. Not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage".

Noun

1. A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "permanent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Permanent \Per"ma*nent\, adjective. [Latin expression permanens, -entis, present participle of permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per manere to remain: compare to the French expression permanent. See Per-, and Mansion.]. (references)

Synonyms: Permanent

Diuturnity

Adjective: durable; lasting; Verb: of long duration, of long-standing; permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing; intransient, intransitive; intransmutable, persistent; lifelong, livelong; longeval, long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal, evergreen, perennial; sempervirent, sempervirid; unrelenting, unintermitting, unremitting; perpetual.

Impulse

Hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained; (intrinsic).

Permanence

Adjective: stable; persisting; Verb: permanent; established; unchanged; (change; ); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered; unfailing.

Recession

Lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar; magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, electromagnet; magnetic coil, voice coil; magnetic dipole; motor coil, rotor, stator.

Stability

Adjective: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial; (diuturnal).

Time

Adjective: continuing; Verb: on foot; permanent; (durable).

Crosswords: Permanent

Afrikaan (abiding, constant, constantly, continual, continually, continuous, continuously, lasting, permanent, sustained), Albanian (lasting, Marcel, perm, permanent, wave), Danish (permanent), Dutch (constantly, continually, continuously, perennial, permanent), French (abiding, constant, continual, continuous, eternal, everlasting, lasting, permanent, perpetual, standing, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, worker on the payroll), German (non-volatile, permanent, permanently), Latin (continue, endure, flow through, last, leak through, permeate, remain), Romanian (abiding, fixed, immanent, lastingly, perennial, perm, permanent, permanent wave, permanently, perpetual, standing, steady), Swedish (indissoluble, perm, permanent, permanent wave, permanently, wave), Turkish (perm).

You're going to be a permanent resident (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

As you know, Bart, one day your permanent record will disqualify you from all but the hottest and noisiest jobs (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

But that's not, like, a permanent thing (Next Stop Wonderland; writing credit: Brad Anderson; Lyn Vaus)

You're not a permanent part of her life (Say Anything...; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

Just think of it as you're being let go, that your life's going in a different direction, that your body's part of a permanent outplacement (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal)

That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation (Amazing; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Like the rest of the Romeos wore a permanent wave, yeah (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

I ain't got a fever got a permanent disease (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

'Cause you're the permanent one ("The Tracks of My Tears"; performing artist: The Miracles)

Why do steam irons have a permanent press setting? (references; author: unknown)

A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors. (references; author: unknown)

Permanent Wave (1929)

Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation 3x5 (1988)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)

Permanent Vacation (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Permanent Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Irish Life & Permanent PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Electromagnets, Permanent Magnets, Electromagnetic or Permanent Magnet Chucks and Clamps, and Parts Thereof: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Hypno-Dietetics: The New No-Willpower Way to Speedy, Permanent Weight Control (reference)

• Dressing the Man: The Art of Permanent Fashion (reference)

• The Fat Fallacy: The French Diet Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss (reference)

• Dr. Braly's Food Allergy and Nutrition Revolution: For Permanent Weight Loss and a Longer, Healthier Life (reference)

• The Solution: 6 Winning Ways to Permanent Weight Loss (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Guide Permanent Du Travail Et De L Emploi Au Gabon (reference)

• Permanent Residents By Selected Area Of Destination Province & Territory (reference)

• Permanent Missions To The United Nations (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Indie Collector's Pack: Pi, Permanent Midnight (reference)

• Permanent Midnight (reference)

• Permanent Midnight/Open Your Eyes (reference)

• Permanent Makeup Application (reference)

• Primitive Semi - Permanent Shelters (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Permanent Jetlag (reference)

• Permanent Record [BOX SET] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Brother LF-AO5 5" Permanent Adhesive-Only Cartridge (reference)

• Omni Universal Permanent Linkset Adapters (reference)

• TDK CD Writer Permanent Marking Pen (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sharpie 38252 Chisel Tip Permanent Marker Set of 2 (Black, Red) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Line drawing showing a permanent colostomy for rectal cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

1) A temporary administration building for M.D. Anderson was set up in 1940 in this converted residence known as "the oaks" on the former Baker Estate near downtown Houston. 2) biochemistry and biology laboratories were set up in late 1942 by five scientists using this one-time stable and carriage house on the old Baker Estate. The first patients were seen in other converted residential quarters starting in March, 1944. 3) the permanent home for University of Texas M.D. Anderson hospital began taking shape in the early 1950s in the newly designated Texas Medical Center, which only a few years earlier had been "way out in the woods". 4) M.D. Anderson's first seven-story structure was opened for patient care on March 19, 1954. This initial building contained 310 beds, which were phased into use over a five-year period, along with facilities for cancer research and educational activities. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Hutchinson’s Teeth is a congenital anomaly in which the permanent incisor teeth are narrow and notched. Note the notched edges and "screwdriver" shape of the central incisors. Credit: CDC.

Such disease processes such as neuronal demyelination can leave an individual with permanent muscle weakness, and even paralysis. Credit: CDC.

Tsunami warning station established at Dutch Harbor, Alaska Many warning stations established at permanent tide station installations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"Buy boat" ROBERT LEE docked at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership to transplant oyster spat to permanent oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Shells containing oyster spat raised by the Oyster Recovery Partnership are piled up waiting to be moved to a permanent oyster bed off of the Severn River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Demosponges and coralline algae on a permanent photo plot. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

A permanent grid station showing outline of sample grid, stainless steel screw used to attach the nylon line, and the invertebrate community typical of the inside roof of pipe. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Figure 34. Gilson messenger, devised by Professor Gustave Gilson of the University of Louvain and delegate from Belgium at the Permanent International Council for the Exploration of the Sea , to intiate the operation of his plankton meter. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In January 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed a resolution providing for the appointment of five commissioners, who, or any three of them, should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same. (reference)

And as the authority from which they proceed is supreme, and can seldom act, they are designed to be permanent. (reference)

Thereupon the workers begin to form combinations (Trades Unions) against the bourgeois; they club together in order to keep up the rate of wages; they found permanent associations in order to make provision beforehand for these occasional revolts. (reference)

The permanent Secretariat shall be established at the Seat of the League. (reference)

Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The permanent and the immutable continue

It has not acquired one permanent wrinkle after all its ripples

All your life you live so close to the truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Permanent changes to genes. (references)

Others may be long-term or permanent. (references)

There is no permanent cure for Gaucher’s. (references)

Business

FIV is a permanent guest on the commission. (references)

In neither case did permanent job loss result. (references)

The number of permanent Internet connections is growing by 50 percent a year on average. (references)

Children

Guatemala

A Permanent Commission for Children and Youth investigates cases of mistreatment of children. (references)

Sweden

Critics charge that this policy places the rights of biological parents over the needs of children for security in permanent family situations. (references)

Guinea

There is a Minister of Youth and a Cabinet Minister, appointed by the President, charged with defending women's and children's rights, and a permanent committee dedicated to defending the rights of the child, with members chosen from different ministries, NGO's, and other sectors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

These passports serve as primary identity documents and are required for travel, permanent housing, and hotel registration. (references)

Estonia

On June 13 Parliament adopted a revised law on churches and congregations that contained a provision barring the registry of any church or union of congregations whose permanent or temporary administrative or economic management is performed by a leader or institution situated outside the country. (references)

Eritrea

If, during that time, the deportees could find three Eritrean witnesses willing to testify to their Eritrean ties, the Government issued them documentation of Eritrean nationality and considered them to be permanent citizens. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

The BIR is considering issuing regulations which prescribe the basis and procedure for entering into an advance pricing arrangement (APA) with BIR and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to address transfer pricing and permanent establishment issues. (references)

Switzerland

As a rule, foreign companies have a tax liability on income attributable to a Swiss permanent establishment or income from immovable property located in Switzerland, including gains on the sale of such property. (references)

Taiwan

The "Immigration Law" as amended in May 1999 grants foreign white- and blue-collar workers the right to obtain permanent residence status after they have legally stayed in Taiwan for seven years. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

Some of the most active human rights organizations include the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, the Center for Legal and Social Studies, the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, Service for Peace and Justice, and New Rights of Man. (references)

Belgium

The Council serves as a permanent monitoring board for the entire judicial system and is empowered to hear complaints against individual magistrates. (references)

Lithuania

The law provides for private dispute resolution by an arbitration tribunal, either organized by a permanent arbitration institution or by the parties themselves. (references)

Indigenous People

Chile

As part of the program, the Commission for Truth and New Treatment became permanent, with a mandate to find ways facilitate the participation of Mapuche and other indigenous populations in the formulation of national policies affecting them. (references)

Colombia

Indigenous groups' rights to their ancestral lands are by law permanent. (references)

Canada

In 1999 Quebec gave the Mohawks increased fiscal rights and powers, and the first summit in 11 years between Quebec's First Nations and the provincial government was held to establish a permanent policy forum to resolve ongoing issues. (references)

Minorities

Denmark

In response to publicity concerning the involvement of foreigners in street crime and allegations of social welfare fraud committed by refugees, Parliament passed tighter immigration laws that took effect in 1999. Family reunification is now more difficult, and immigrants and refugees can no longer acquire permanent residence by living in the country for 18 months; rather they must now reside for 3 years and demonstrate, usually by so doing, that they have integrated into society. (references)

Croatia

Denials frequently were based on Article 26 of the Citizenship Law (which stipulates that citizenship can be denied to persons otherwise qualified for reasons of national interest) and Article 8 (which requires that a person's actions demonstrate that they are "attached to the legal system and customs of Croatia" and that they have maintained a permanent residence on the territory of Croatia for the 5 years preceding the application for citizenship). (references)

Estonia

A total of 215,903 persons held permanent residence permits; 53,928 held temporary residence permits. (references)

Political Economy

Tajikistan

The Russian Army's 201st Motorized Rifle Division, part of a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peacekeeping force established in 1993, remained in the country and continued to have a major influence on political developments; however, the division transitioned into a new status on a permanent military base after the peacekeeping mandate ended in September 2000. Members of the government security forces and government-aligned militias committed serious human rights abuses. (references)

Panama

A 1994 constitutional amendment formally prohibits the establishment of a permanent military, although it contains a provision for the temporary formation of a "special police force" to protect the borders in case of a "threat of external aggression." The Judicial Technical Police (PTJ), a semiautonomous body with leadership appointed by the Supreme Court, is a separate branch of law enforcement under the Attorney General's Office, and performs criminal investigations in support of public prosecutors. (references)

West Bank

In July 2000 the two sides met at Camp David in an attempt to reach a permanent status agreement, but the talks ended without results. (references)

Political Rights

Grenada

Women account for 7 of the 13 permanent secretaries, the highest civil service position in each ministry; in addition, a woman is the Cabinet Secretary, the highest civil service position in the Government. (references)

Iceland

Of the 12 government ministers, 3 are women, and 2 of 12 ministerial permanent secretaries (civil servants who function as deputy ministers) are women. (references)

Hong Kong

Politicians and human rights activists criticized the selection process as undemocratic and lacking transparency and noted that Central Government Liaison Office (formerly the New China News Agency) Director Jiang Enzhu, who is not a Hong Kong permanent resident, is one of Hong Kong's 36 delegates. (references)

Trade

Syria

Occasionally, the Syrian authorities permit the permanent importation of goods that are displayed during the government-organized Damascus International Fair. (references)

Mauritius

Further information is available from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Commerce Division, Air Mauritius Building (8th floor), President John Kennedy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius, Phone: (230) 210-3774; Fax: (230) 201-3289. (references)

Japan

It includes the dispatch of long-term Senior Trade Advisors to U.S. state governments, where they offer advice on exporting to Japan; the dispatch of short-term import specialists who identify products with potential in the Japanese market; seminar tours to Japan for U.S. business people to better understand the Japanese market; the establishment of Business Support Centers in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, and Fukuoka; and the establishment of permanent imported product exhibition sites (for autos, imported homes, and housing materials) throughout Japan. (references)

Travel

South Africa

The deposit will be refunded upon removal of goods or if the owner becomes a permanent South African resident. (references)

Burma

Information about entry requirements as well as other information may be obtained from the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, 200 S Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008, telephone 202-332-9044/6, or the Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the UN, 10 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10021, telephone 212-535-1311. Overseas inquiries may be made at the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Burma (Myanmar). (references)

Russia

Conditions in Chechnya and surrounding areas are extremely dangerous due to continued military action and political tension in the area and the State Department has issued a permanent warning against traveling to this area. (references)

Women

Kuwait

The maid suffered permanent damage to her face, neck, ears, and arms. (references)

Malaysia

These women would be eligible for 12-month social visit passes, and they would be able to apply for permanent residency. (references)

Malaysia

While the change allows some foreign men to acquire permanent residence, the new regulations would not apply to foreign laborers who marry female citizens. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

The standard for legally firing a permanent employee is "serious error" committed by the employee, and the courts set the burden of proof very high. (references)

Belgium

At the conclusion of legal proceedings against their traffickers, victims generally are granted permanent residence status and unrestricted work permits. (references)

Mauritius

If the Government does not respond within 21 days by referring the case either to the Permanent Arbitrary Tribunal (PAT) or to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC), then the workers have the legal right to strike. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Is permanent

Expressions using "permanent": appoint to a permanent post ♦ appointment to a permanent post ♦ enseignement médical permanent ♦ permanent address ♦ permanent army ♦ permanent assets ♦ permanent bench mark ♦ permanent cease fire ♦ permanent cold ♦ permanent continuous casting ♦ permanent deformation ♦ permanent designation ♦ permanent disability ♦ permanent echo ♦ permanent elongation ♦ permanent evening work ♦ permanent gases ♦ permanent injunction ♦ Permanent Liaison Committee of European Associations in Education ♦ permanent load ♦ permanent magnet ♦ permanent mold ♦ permanent name ♦ permanent officer ♦ permanent order ♦ permanent oscillation ♦ permanent post ♦ permanent president ♦ permanent press ♦ permanent representative ♦ permanent resident ♦ permanent salt ♦ permanent secretary ♦ permanent set ♦ permanent set yielding ♦ permanent situation ♦ permanent staff ♦ permanent state forest ♦ permanent state of affairs ♦ permanent threshold shift ♦ permanent tooth ♦ permanent undersecretary ♦ permanent unit setting ♦ permanent Virtual Circuit ♦ permanent Virtual Connection ♦ permanent visa ♦ permanent wave ♦ permanent way ♦ permanent white ♦ permanent workforce. Additional references.

Beginning with "permanent": permanent-magnet, permanent-memory, permanent-modification, permanent-press, permanent-press fabric, permanent-sounding, permanent-way.

Ending with "permanent": non-permanent, semi-permanent.

Afrikaans

vas (abiding, constant, continual, continuous, lasting, sustained), permanent (abiding, constant, constantly, continual, continually, continuous, continuously, lasting, sustained), aanhoudend (abiding, constant, continual, continuous, lasting, sustained, unceasing). (various references)

Albanian

permanent (lasting, Marcel, perm, wave), i vazhdueshëm (ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continued, continuous, endless, frequent, incessant, lingering, niggling, non-stop, perennial, perpetual, persistent, regular, running, steady, unbroken, uninterrupted), i qëndrueshëm (abiding, consistent, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, fast, firm, Hardy, indissoluble, lasting, lingering, perdurable, persistent, resistant, settled, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving), i përhershëm (chronic, confirmed, constant, eternal, everlasting, fadeless, immortal, immutable, lasting, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, persistent, sempiternal, settled). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستمر (abiding, constant, continual, enduring, everlasting, incessant, persistent, standing, unending), ‏دائم (abiding, biennial, ceaseless, constant, everlasting, frequent, lasting, lingering, perpetual, quinquennial, regular, standing, substantive, unfailing), ‏باق (enduring, everlasting, imperishable, lasting, remaining, surviving). (various references)

Bulgarian 

къдрене на апарат (perm), непрекъснат (continual, continuous, everlasting, incessant, perpetual, running, solid, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), неизменен (immutable, inalterable, incommutable, invariable, rigid, standing, stationary, steady, stereotyped, unaltered, undeviating, unfailing, uniform, unvaried), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), перманентен, дълготраен (chronic, indissoluble, lasting, long-lived). (various references)

Chinese 

恆 , 永久 (Perpetual), 常駐 (resident), 常任 . (various references)

Czech

permanentní (continuous), trvalý (abiding, constant, enduring, everlasting, lasting, perennial, perpetual, persistent, retentive), stálý (constant, durable, enduring, equable, eternal, fast, firm, indissoluble, invariable, perennial, protracted, regular, sessile, stable, standing, static, stationary, steady, unchangeable), definitivní (definitive, final, ultimate). (various references)

Danish

permanent. (various references)

Dutch

permanent (constantly, continually, continuously, perennial), gestaag (constant, continual, sustained), constant (constant, constantly, continual, lasting, steady, sustained), bestendig (abiding, constant, continual, continuous, lasting, steady, sustained). (various references)

Esperanto

konstanta (constant, continual, sustained). (various references)

Faeroese

støðugur (constant, continual, sustained), áhaldandi (all the time, ceaselessly, constant, continual, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, sustained). (various references)

Farsi 

پایدار (Constant, Fast, Indissoluble, Inexhaustible, Resistant, Stanch, Undying, Unfailing, Unflinching), ماندنی (Viable), سیرداءمی , ابدی (Eternal, Everlasting, Immortal, Perennial, Perpetual, Uncreated), ثابت (Equable, Firm, Immobile, Immovable, Indelible, Irremovable, Loyal, Pat, Resolute, Stable, Staid, Standstill, Steady, True). (various references)

Finnish

pysyvä (constant, continual, enduring, fixed, lasting, stable, sustained). (various references)

French

permanent (perpetual), continuel (perpetual, persistent), constant (perpetual). (various references)

German

ständig (always, chronic, consistently, constant, constantly, continual, continually, continuing, continuous, continuously, established, forever, full, habitually, incessant, incessantly, invariably, perennially, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, regular, resident, standing, steadily, steady, sustained), permanent (non-volatile, permanently), dauerhaft (durable, durably, enduring, lasting, long-lived, non-perishable, non-transient, permanently, stable, strong, uninterrupted), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solid, solidly, sound, squarely, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), bleibend (abiding, enduring, irreparable, lasting, remaining, staying). (various references)

Greek 

μόνιμος (abiding, enduring, resident). (various references)

Hebrew 

ממושך (chronic, long, prolonged, sustained), מתמיד (abiding, dilligent, enduring, hourly, industrious, lasting, perpetual, persistent, sedulous, studious, unremitting), תמידי (constant, continuous, incessant, persistent, unfailing), קבוע (constant, fitted, fixation, fixed, fixing, fixture, habitual, regular, set, settled, stable, standing, stated, stationary, steady, uniform), איתן (cast iron, firm, immovable, mighty, perennial, solid, steady, strong, sturdy, substantial), צמית (everlasting, perpetual), סלסול שער תמידי (perm). (various references)

Hungarian

permanens. (various references)

Indonesian

tetap (adamant, consistent, constant, inveterate, keep, remain). (various references)

Italian

permanente (abiding, continual, continuous, lasting, perm, permanent wave, standing), fisso (agelong, celebration, definitely, destines, determinate, determined, fast, feast, fix, fixed, fixedly, regular, set, settled, solid, standing, stationary, steady, tight, tighten), costante (abiding, changeless, consistent, constant, continual, even, faithful, steadfast, steady, sustained, true). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

恒久 (perpetuity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

パーマネント , ふへん (constant, eternal, everlasting, fairness, immovable, immutable, impartiality, indestructible, neutrality, omnipresence, ubiquity, unchangeable, universality), いっていふへん (invariable), こうきゅうてき (lasting, perpetual), こうきゅう (consideration, good pitch, hard ball, harem, high class, high grade, high salary, imperial consort, inner palace, investigation, legal holiday, palace, perpetuity, purchase, reduction in pay, regulation ball, research, seraglio, study), こていされた (fixed, stationary), じょうにん (lover, mistress, regular, standing, sweetheart), じょうせつ (standing), じょうち (castle moat, love foolery, Sophia, standing, supreme wisdom). (various references)

Korean 

영원한 (Everlasting). (various references)

Manx

sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, ever, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying, unending), beayn (chronic, constant, durable, eternal, evergreen, firm, immortal, infinite, interminable, lifelong, longstanding, recurring, steady, sustained, timeless). (various references)

Papiamen

konstante (constant, continual, sustained). (various references)

Pig Latin

ermanentpay.(various references)

Portuguese

permanente (abiding, consolidated, constant, continual, everlasting, indelible, lasting, perdurable, perennial, perm, perpetual, persistent, pucka, pukka, standing, sustained), contínuo (attendant, constant, continual, continue, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, lasting, never-ceasing, ongoing, perpetual, persistent, progressive, round, running, runny, sequential, solid, straight, sustained, thru, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Romanian

permanent (abiding, fixed, immanent, lastingly, perennial, perm, permanent wave, permanently, perpetual, standing, steady), stabil (durable, firm, fixed, fixedly, lasting, sedentary, set, settled, solid, sound, stable, standing, steadfast, steady), ondulaţie permanentã (permanent wave), necontenit (all along, ceaseless, continual, never ending, right along, unceasing, unchecked), fix (certain, clipping, constant, definite, exact, firm, fixed, fixedly, immovable, invariable, set, sharp, stable, staid, standing, staring, stationary, steady, sure, unalterable, unchangeable), constant (abiding, constant, firm, smooth, steadfast, steady, unchanging, unfailing, uniform). (various references)

Russian 

постоянный (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, eternal, hard, hourly, immanent, in ordinary, invariable, invariant, perdurable, perm, perpetual, persistent, regular, settled, stationary, uniform, unvarying). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

permanentan, trajan (abiding, continuous, durable, fast, imperfective, lasting, livelong, perdurable), stalan (abiding, constant, continual, continuous, on-going, perm, regular, stabile, steady), neprolazan (impassable, imperishable, indefectible), neprestan (continual, incessant, never ending, never-ceasing, timeless, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Spanish

permanente (abiding, chronic, perm, permanent wave, round the clock, stable, standing). (various references)

Swedish

ständig (continual, eternal, everlasting, hourly, incessant, invariable, perennial, perpetual, persistent). (various references)

Turkish

sabit (attached, changeless, constant, entrenched, established, fast, firm, fixed, flat, flat-footed, immobile, immovable, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremovable, put, real, rigid, set, settled, stable, staid, standing, staring, static, stationary, steadfast, steady, substantive, unwavering), sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistent, consistently, constant, continual, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, incessant, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, perpetual, persistent, running, secular, settled, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), kalıcı (consistent, lasting, lingering, perdurable, perennial, persistent, residual, stable), devamlı (assiduous, away, chronic, continual, continued, continuous, everlasting, evermore, forever, frequent, hourly, in ordinary, incessant, invariable, invariably, lasting, non-stop, on end, persistent, regular, regularly, settled, steady, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), değişmez (changeless, constant, entrenched, equable, fast, fixed, flat-footed, frozen, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, Pat, regular, rigid, set, settled, stable, static, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unswerving, unvarying, unwavering), daimi (constant, endless, imprescriptible, indissoluble, invariable, perdurable, perpetual, standing), baki (enduring, eternal). (various references)

Turkmen 

hemiюelik. (various references)

Ukrainian

незмінний (abiding, certain, changeless, eternal, firm, fixed, hardened, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inevitable, invariable, non-variant, one, same, unalterable, unexceptional, unfailing), залишковий (residual, vestigial), безповоротний (definitive, irreclaimable, irreparable, irretrievable, irrevocable, nonrecoverable, non-reversible), постійний (abiding, blue, certain, changeless, chronic, constant, continual, frequent, hourly, immanent, never failing, perdurable, regular, sedentary, settled, standing, stationary, steady, uniform), перманент (perm). (various references)

Welsh

ar.hosol (abiding, lasting). (various references)

durabilis, proprius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "permanent": permanently, permanentness, permanentnesses, permanents. (additional references)

Words ending with "permanent": impermanent, semipermanent. (additional references)

Words containing "permanent": impermanently. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Permanent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pergamene, Pergament, permainent, permament, permanant, permanene, permanet, permanetnt, permenant, permenent, perminent, permonent, pernament, pertanent, preminent, premminent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: permeant, remanent.

-2 letters: penname, pennate, pentane, prename, remnant, tempera.

-3 letters: ampere, arpent, enrapt, entera, entrap, manner, marten, meaner, metepa, neaten, neater, parent, penman, penmen, pennae, penner, preman, premen, remate, rename, rennet, repeat, repent, retape, reteam, tamper, tanner, temper, tenner, trepan.

-4 letters: ameer, ament, anent, antre, apter, arete, armet, arpen, eaten, eater, enate, enema, enter.

+1 letter: entrapment, permanents.

+2 letters: entrapments, impermanent, permanently, prenominate.

+3 letters: hymenopteran, intemperance, permanganate, prenominated, prenominates, underpayment.

+4 letters: hymenopterans, impermanently, intemperances, interpandemic, permanentness, permanganates, phenmetrazine, preordainment, pretournament, reappointment, semipermanent, underpayments.

+5 letters: phenmetrazines, prearrangement, preordainments, presentimental, pretermination, pretournaments, reappointments.