permanence

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“I remain; last”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜɹmənəns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜmənəns/

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permanence (countable and uncountable, plural permanences)

1. The state of being permanent.
   • 2025 September 17, Conrad Landin, “Decarbonising Scottish transport”, in RAIL, number 1044, page 39:

     Transport Scotland acknowledges that the permanence of the new fares regime could be the clincher in persuading people to "travel more often and make long-term choices with certainty, helping people to leave the car at home".

2. (physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

• (state): perdurance, remanence; see also Thesaurus:permanence

• (antonym(s) of “state”): transience
• (antonym(s) of “state”): impermanence

• object permanence
• semipermanence

• impermanence
• permanent

Borrowed from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/

permanence f (plural permanences)

1. permanence (state of being permanent)
2. homeroom (classroom or classes)

• en permanence

• permanent
• impermanence

• → Romanian: permanență

• “permanence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.