durant

See also: durànt and Durant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”).

Noun

durant

1. Alternative form of durance
2. (historical) A strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “durant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• truand, tundra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [duˈɾant]

Etymology 1

From Latin dūrantem, present active participle of dūrō (“to last”). First attested in the 14th century.

Preposition

durant

1. for, during (over a period of time)
   • 2020 March 5, “Recliclar té premi!”, in Time Out Barcelona‎^[1], volume 587, page 15:

     Reciclant una ampolla de plàstic s'estalvia energia per mantenir una bombeta de 60W encesa durant una hora i mitja.

     Recycling a plastic bottle saves [enough] energy to keep a 60W lightbulb lit for an hour and a half.

Etymology 2

Verb

durant

1. gerund of durar

Further reading

• “durant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “durant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “durant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʁɑ̃/

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Preposition

durant

1. during, while

   Synonym: pendant

Postposition

durant

1. on end

   des heures durant ― for hours on end

Participle

durant

1. present participle of durer

Further reading

• “durant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• truand

Latin

Verb

dūrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dūrō

Occitan

Preposition

durant

1. during

   Synonym: pendent

Verb

durant

1. present participle of durar