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durability

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Old French durabilité, from Latin dūrābilitās (“durability”).

NounEdit

durability (plural durabilities)

Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

TranslationsEdit

Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

Bulgarian: трайност (bg) f (trajnost)
Czech: životnost f, trvanlivost f, výdrž f (of batteries)
Dutch: duurzaamheid (nl)
Finnish: kesto (fi), kestävyys
French: durabilité (fr) f, résistance (fr) f
German: Haltbarkeit f
Irish: buanfas m
Italian: durabilità f
Latin: firmitudo f, firmitas f, dūrābilitās f

Malay: ketahanan, keawetan
Norwegian: holdbarhet m, bestandighet m
Polish: żywotność (pl), czas życia (maszyny)
Portuguese: durabilidade f
Russian: долгове́чность (ru) f (dolgovéčnostʹ), живу́честь (ru) f (živúčestʹ), сто́йкость (ru) f (stójkostʹ), дли́тельность (ru) f (dlítelʹnostʹ)
Spanish: durabilidad f
Telugu: మన్నిక (te) (mannika)
Turkish: dayanıklılık (tr)

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