"perseverant" meaning in English

See perseverant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɚsɪˈvɪɹənt/ [General-American], /pəsɪˈvɪəɹənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perseverant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more perseverant [comparative], most perseverant [superlative], perseveraunt [alternative], perseverent [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English perseveraunt, from Middle French perseverant, from Latin persevērāns, present participle of persevērō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perseveraunt}} Middle English perseveraunt, {{der|en|frm|perseverant|}} Middle French perseverant, {{der|en|la|persevērāns}} Latin persevērāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} perseverant (comparative more perseverant, superlative most perseverant)
  1. Enduring; persistent, resistant. Derived forms: imperseverant Translations (enduring): sinnikäs (Finnish), beharrlich (German), perseverans (Latin), standhaftig (Norwegian Bokmål), wytrwały (Polish), perseverent (Romanian), настойчивый (nastojčivyj) (Russian)

Alternative forms

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