perseverant

perseverant

See also: persévérant

English

Alternative forms

• perseveraunt (obsolete)
• perseverent

Etymology

From Middle English perseveraunt, from Middle French perseverant, from Latin persevērāns, present participle of persevērō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚsɪˈvɪɹənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəsɪˈvɪəɹənt/

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• Hyphenation: per‧se‧ve‧rant

Adjective

perseverant (comparative more perseverant, superlative most perseverant)

1. Enduring; persistent, resistant.

Translations

enduring

Finnish: sinnikäs (fi) German: beharrlich (de) Latin: perseverans Norwegian: Bokmål: standhaftig (no) Romanian: perseverent (ro) Russian: настойчивый (ru) (nastojčivyj)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.sə.vəˈɾant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pər.sə.bəˈɾan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾ.se.veˈɾant/

Adjective

perseverant (masculine and feminine plural perseverants)

1. perseverant, persistent

Related terms

• perseverança
• perseverar

Verb

perseverant

1. present participle of perseverar

Further reading

• “perseverant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “perseverant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “perseverant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perseverant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Verb

persevērant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of persevērō