🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

pérenne

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pérenne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
perennial/pəˈrɛniəl/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"C'est un problème pérenne pour notre entreprise."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

    "The company is facing the perennial problem of staff turnover."
As noun
  1. 1

    A plant that lives for more than two years.

    "We planted several colorful perennials in the front garden."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 17th century from Latin perennis ('lasting through the year', from per- 'through' + annus 'year') plus the adjectival suffix -al.

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