durable
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/
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Adjective edit
durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
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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.
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durable thing
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durable (epicene, plural durables)
- durable (able to resist wear; enduring)
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish durable.
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duráble
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Catalan edit
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durable m or f (masculine and feminine plural durables)
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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
Borrowed from Latin dūrābilis. See durer and -able.
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durable (plural durables)
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Further reading edit
- “durable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014