English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

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duramen (uncountable)

  1. (botany) heartwood

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin duramen.

Noun

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duramen m (plural duramens)

  1. heartwood

French

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Etymology

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From Latin dūrāmen.

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Noun

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duramen m (plural duramens)

  1. heartwood; duramen

Latin

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Etymology

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From dūrō (I make hard, harden) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

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Noun

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dūrāmen n (genitive dūrāminis); third declension

  1. hardness
  2. (rare) ice

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dūrāmen dūrāmina
Genitive dūrāminis dūrāminum
Dative dūrāminī dūrāminibus
Accusative dūrāmen dūrāmina
Ablative dūrāmine dūrāminibus
Vocative dūrāmen dūrāmina
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Descendants

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  • English: duramen
  • French: duramen
  • Spanish: duramen
  • Italian: durame

References

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  • duramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French duramen.

Noun

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duramen n (plural duramenuri)

  1. duramen

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

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duramen m (plural durámenes)

  1. heartwood; duramen

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