perm

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɝm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɜːm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Short for permanent.

perm (plural perms)

1. Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).

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.

Short for permutation.

perm (plural perms)

1. (informal) A permutation.
2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.

• T perm

Short for permission.

perm (plural perms)

1. (computing) Permission

• Emp'r, Prem, prem

From clipping of English permanent.

perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

perm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrm]

perm m inan

1. Permian (geological period)

• “perm”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “perm”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrm]
• Hyphenation: perm
• Rhymes: -ɛrm

perm (uncountable)

1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

• permi

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

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

• ringperm

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

1. (colloquial) clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

perm m (indeclinable)

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

• “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

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

• ringperm

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

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)

• mammaperm
• pappaperm
• tjuvperm

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

perm ?

1. (geology) the Permian period
2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

• “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrm
• Syllabification: perm

perm m inan

1. (geology) Permian

• perm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN