# perm
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /pɝm/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɜːm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

### Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

#### Noun

perm (plural perms)
* Short for permanent wave (“hairstyle”).

##### Derived terms

* bubble perm
* disco perm
* zoomer perm

#### Verb

perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)
* To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

#### Noun

perm (plural perms)
* (informal) A permutation.
* A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.

##### Derived terms

* T perm

### Etymology 3

Short for permission.

#### Noun

perm (plural perms)
* (computing) Permission

### Anagrams

* Emp'r, Prem, prem

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English permanent.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): poem$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: poem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰœːm⁵⁵/

### Noun

perm
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

### Verb

perm
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Czech
### Noun

perm m inan
* Permian (geological period)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛrm]
* Hyphenation: perm
* Rhymes: -ɛrm

### Noun

perm (uncountable)
* (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

#### Derived terms

* permi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

#### Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)
* either of the two covers of a book
* a folder or binder

##### Derived terms

* ringperm

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)
* (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

##### Derived terms

* mammaperm
* pappaperm
* tjuvperm

### Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

#### Proper noun

perm m (indeclinable)
* (geology) the Permian period
* (geology) the Paleozoic Era

### References

* “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

#### Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)
* either of the two covers of a book
* a folder or binder

##### Derived terms

* ringperm

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)
* (colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)

##### Derived terms

* mammaperm
* pappaperm
* tjuvperm

### Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

#### Proper noun

perm ?
* (geology) the Permian period
* (geology) the Paleozoic Era

### References

* “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛrm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrm
* Syllabification: perm

### Noun

perm m inan
* (geology) Permian

### Further reading

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