permeant C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɜrmiənt/ UK /ˈpɜːmiənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj passing or spreading through something; able to permeate The membrane was freely permeant to small ions. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · passing or spreading... permeatingpenetratingpervadingpermeativediffusive ↔ Opposites impermeableimpervious Word family Related forms permeatepermeablepermeationpermeability Etymology AI details From Latin permeans, present participle of permeare ('to pass through'), from per- ('through') + meare ('to go, pass'). permeare Latin meare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # permeant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɜrmiənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜːmiənt/ ## Meanings 1. passing or spreading through something; able to permeate ## Examples - The membrane was freely permeant to small ions. ## Synonyms - permeating - penetrating - pervading - permeative - diffusive ## Antonyms - impermeable - impervious ## Related Forms - permeate - permeable - permeation - permeability ## Roots and Affixes - Root: permeare - Root: meare ## Etymology From Latin permeans, present participle of permeare ('to pass through'), from per- ('through') + meare ('to go, pass'). ## AI Etymology Permeant is from Latin permeans, present participle of permeare ('to pass through'), from per- ('through') + meare ('to go, pass'). Important recorded forms include permeare (Latin) and meare (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers passing or spreading through something; able to permeate. The wider family includes related words such as permeate, permeable, permeation, and permeability. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown