durable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʊɹəbəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
- (colloquial British English) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]able to resist wear; enduring
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Noun
[edit]durable (plural durables)
- (economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
- 1989, Robert A. Pollak, The theory of the cost-of-living index, page 188:
- In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]durable thing
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Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durable (epicene, plural durables)
- durable (able to resist wear; enduring)
Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish durable.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]duráble (intensified durablehon, Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜍᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
Derived terms
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durable m or f (masculine and feminine plural durables)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “durable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “durable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “durable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “durable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin dūrābilis. Morphologically, from durer + -able.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durable (plural durables)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “durable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]durable m or f (masculine and feminine plural durables)
- durable
- Synonyms: duradero, perdurable
Further reading
[edit]- “durable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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