# constante
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French constante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkɔnˈstɑn.tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: con‧stan‧te
* Rhymes: -ɑntə

### Noun

constante f (plural constanten)
* constant, non-variable factor or quantity

#### Derived terms

* fijnstructuurconstante
* gasconstante
* gravitatieconstante
* veerconstante
* zwaartekrachtsconstante

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: konstanta

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃t/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: constantes

### Adjective

constante
* feminine singular of constant

### Noun

constante f (plural constantes)
* (algebra) constant (quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion)
    Coordinate term: variable

#### Derived terms

* constante d’Avogadro

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* contentas

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konsˈtante/ [kons̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: cons‧tan‧te

### Adjective

constante m or f (plural constantes)
* constant
    Antonym: inconstante

### Further reading

* “constante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Participle

constante (plural constanti)
* present participle of constare

### Anagrams

* sconnetta, scontante, scontenta

## Latin
### Adjective

cōnstante
* ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of cōnstāns

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese constante, from Latin cōnstantem, present active participle of cōnstō (“to stand together”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõsˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõsˈtɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: cons‧tan‧te

### Noun

constante f (plural constantes)
* constant (that which is permanent or invariable)
    Synonym: constância
    Antonym: variável
* (algebra) constant (quantity that remains fixed)
* (sciences) constant (property that does not change)
* (programming) constant (identifier that is bound to an invariant value)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:constante.

#### Derived terms

* constante de Avogadro
* constante de desintegração
* constante de dissociação
* constante de equilíbrio
* constante de Faraday
* constante de força
* constante de gravitação
* constante de Hubble
* constante de Planck
* constante de proporcionalidade
* constante dielétrica
* constante dos gases perfeitos
* constante radioativa
* constante solar

### Adjective

constante m or f (plural constantes)
* constant (unchanged through time or space)
    Synonym: imutável
* constant (consistently recurring over time)
    Synonyms: frequente, contínuo, incessante, ininterrupto, perene
* constant (steady in purpose, action)
* which is included somewhere on in something
    Synonyms: incluído, incluso
    As palavras constantes neste dicionário são de todas as línguas.The words included in this dictionary are of all languages.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:constante.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “that which is permanent or invariable”): variável
* (antonym(s) of “consistently recurring over time”): descontínuo, inconstante, intermitente

#### Related terms

* constância
* constantemente
* constar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konsˈtante/ [kõnsˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: cons‧tan‧te

### Adjective

constante m or f (masculine and feminine plural constantes)
* constant
    Antonym: inconstante

#### Derived terms

* constantemente

### Noun

constante f (plural constantes)
* constant

#### Derived terms

* constantes vitales

#### Related terms

* constar

### Further reading

* “constante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10