Synonyms for permanents


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-muh-nuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr mə nənt

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Définition of permanents

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French permanent (14c.) or directly from Latin permanentem (nominative permanens) "remaining," present participle of permanere "endure, hold out, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" (see per) + manere "stay" (see mansion). As a noun meaning "permanent wave," by 1909. Of clothing, permanent press attested from 1964.
  • As in body wave : noun hair curling treatment
  • As in coiffure : noun hairstyle
Example sentences :
  • Similarly, coexistence is a coexistence of states of two permanents.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Theory of Knowledge » by Harold Arthur Prichard
  • The three temporary molars will also be ready for displacement by three permanents.
  • Extract from : « The Pig » by Sanders Spencer
  • The two lateral incisors will also have given place to permanents.
  • Extract from : « The Pig » by Sanders Spencer
  • The few who stumbled in did not stay unless by chance they were favourably known to one of the "permanents."
  • Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
  • The corner incisors and the tusks usually disappear, and are replaced by permanents when the pig is nine months old.
  • Extract from : « The Pig » by Sanders Spencer
  • He had heard from the "permanents" that at Christmas each child received an apple, an orange, and twelve nuts in a paper bag.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Rebellion » by Henry W. Nevinson
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