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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑnstənsi/ [General-American], /ˈkɒnstənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constancy.wav Forms: constancies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstantia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōnstantia}} Latin cōnstantia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} constancy (usually uncountable, plural constancies)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being constant): ἀπλάνεια (apláneia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), постоянство (postojanstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), устойчивост (ustojčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), constància [feminine] (Catalan), 恒心 (héngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 坚定不移 (Jiāndìngbùyí) (Chinese Mandarin), pysyvyys (Finnish), vakaus (Finnish), muuttumattomuus (Finnish), constance [feminine] (French), Konstanz [feminine] (German), Beständigkeit [feminine] (German), σταθερότητα (statherótita) [feminine] (Greek), diongbháilteacht [feminine] (Irish), diongbháil [feminine] (Irish), seasmhacht [feminine] (Irish), costanza [feminine] (Italian), firmitas [feminine] (Latin), firmitudo [feminine] (Latin), постојаност (postojanost) [feminine] (Macedonian), tūmautanga (Maori), constância [feminine] (Portuguese), постоя́нство (postojánstvo) [neuter] (Russian), धृति (dhṛti) [feminine] (Sanskrit), constancia (Spanish), ligo (Tagalog), kaliguhan (Tagalog), cysondeb [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing. Tags: countable, usually Translations (unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing): ominaisuus (Finnish), Ausdauer [feminine] (German), σταθερότητα (statherótita) [feminine] (Greek), firmitas (Latin), firmitudo [feminine] (Latin), firmitas [feminine] (Latin), constância [feminine] (Portuguese), constancia [feminine] (Spanish), cysondeb [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inconstancy, nonconstancy Related terms: constant, constantly

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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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      "word": "Konstanz"
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      "sense": "quality of being constant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "costanza"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "quality of being constant",
      "word": "tūmautanga"
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      "sense": "quality of being constant",
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dhṛti",
      "sense": "quality of being constant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "धृति"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "constancia"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality of being constant",
      "word": "ligo"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "quality of being constant",
      "word": "kaliguhan"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cy",
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