impermanence
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/
impermanence is spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-A-N-E-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impermanence is a French feminine noun meaning “impermanence (state of being impermanent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui n’est pas permanent”.
What does impermanence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimpermanence (state of being impermanent)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui n’est pas permanent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impermanence
- impermanences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impermanence?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impermanence in French?
impermanence appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).