English Explanatory Dictionary

perm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
verb
  1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
noun
  1. A permutation.
  2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
noun
  1. Permission
name
  1. A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.
  2. A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains.
  3. A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia.

Pronunciation

/pɝm/ /pɜːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perm.wav

Word forms

perm perms perming permed

Etymology

Short for permanent.

Related words

Permian

Derived words

bubble perm disco perm merm zoomer perm reperm T perm Permic

Translations

Arabic: بِيرْم Armenian: Պերմ Belarusian: Перм Bulgarian: Перм Chinese Mandarin: 彼爾姆 /彼尔姆 Chuvash: Перӗм Danish: Perm Dutch: Perm Finnish: Perm French: Perm Georgian: პერმი German: Perm Hebrew: פרם Hindi: पेर्म Hindi: पर्म Hungarian: Perm Indonesian: Perm Japanese: ペルミ Komi-Permyak: Перем Komi-Zyrian: Перым Korean: 페름 Macedonian: Перм Malay: Perm Eastern Mari: Перме Eastern Mari: Пэрмэ Mongolian: Пермь Persian: پرم Polish: Perm Portuguese: Perm Russian: Пермь Russian: Пермь Великая Russian: Пермь Камская Serbo-Croatian: Перм Serbo-Croatian: Perm Spanish: Perm Swedish: Perm Tatar: Пирем Thai: เปียร์ม Udmurt: Пермь Ukrainian: Перм Vietnamese: Pecmi
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