permute

See also: permuté

English

Etymology

from Latin permuto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈmjuːt/

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Verb

permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)

1. (transitive) change the order of

   permute the data

2. (transitive, mathematics) make a permutation of

   Synonym: (less common) permutate

Translations

to change the order of something

• Bulgarian: размествам (bg) (razmestvam)
• French: permuter (fr)
• German: permutieren
• Russian: переставля́ть (ru) impf (perestavljátʹ), переста́вить (ru) pf (perestávitʹ)

(mathematics) to make a permutation

• Bulgarian: пермутирам (permutiram)
• Finnish: permutoida
• French: permuter (fr)
• German: permutieren
• Russian: переставля́ть (ru) impf (perestavljátʹ), переста́вить (ru) pf (perestávitʹ)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.myt/
• Homophones: permutent, permutes

Verb

permute

1. inflection of permuter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈmu.te/
• Rhymes: -ute
• Hyphenation: per‧mù‧te

Noun

permute f

1. plural of permuta

Anagrams

• premute

Portuguese

Verb

permute

1. inflection of permutar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈmute/ [peɾˈmu.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: per‧mu‧te

Verb

permute

1. inflection of permutar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative