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durian

See also: Durian and durián

English

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Durian fruits

Etymology

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From Malay durian, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of iwi, from Māori.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʊə.ɹɪən/, /ˈdʒʊə.ɹɪən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʊə.ɹi.ən/, /ˈdʊə.ɹiˌɑn/

Noun

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durian (countable and uncountable, plural durians)

  1. Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.
  2. The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.
    • 1692, Robert Boyle, General Heads for the Natural History of a Country Great or Small, London: John Taylor and S. Hedford, “Enquiries for Suratte, &c.,” p. 96,[1]
      Whether the Betele hath such a contrariety to the Durion, that a few Leaves of that, put to a whole Shopful of Durions, will make them all rot suddenly; and whether those that have surfeited on Durions, and thereby over-heated themselves, do, by laying a Leaf or two of Betele upon their Breasts or Stomachs, immediately cure the Inflammations, and Recover.
    • 1869 November, “The Land of the Malay: A Record of Travel in the Oriental Tropics”, in [Thomas] Mayne Reid, editor, Onward: A Magazine for the Young Manhood of America, New York, N.Y.: Onward Publishing Office, →OCLC, page 494:
      The dessert I thoroughly enjoyed, for the various fruits of Singapore are delicious. One of them, the "durion," exhales a most noxious perfume, but is pleasant to the palate.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:
      Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
  3. (uncountable) A deep, rich yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow).
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Translations

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

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durian

  1. durian (fruit)

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From duri (“thorn”) +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /durian/
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  • Hyphenation: du‧ri‧an

Noun

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durian

  1. durian (fruit)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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Noun

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durian m (plural durians)

  1. durian

Cebuano

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Noun

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durian

  1. nonstandard spelling of duryan

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

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durian m inan

  1. durian

Declension

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Declension of durian (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative durian duriany
genitive durianu durianů
dative durianu durianům
accusative durian duriany
vocative duriane duriany
locative durianu durianech
instrumental durianem duriany

Danish

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian n

  1. durian

French

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian m (plural durians)

  1. durian

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Reconstructed as duri (“thorn, spike”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /du.ˈri.an/
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  • Rhymes: -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: du‧ri‧an

Noun

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durian (plural durian-durian, first-person possessive durianku, second-person possessive durianmu, third-person possessive duriannya)

  1. durian

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Italian

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

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durian m

  1. durian

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Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian

  1. durian

Malay

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Etymology

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duri +‎ -an, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian (Jawi spelling دورين or دوريان, plural durian-durian, informal 1st possessive durianku, 2nd possessive durianmu, 3rd possessive duriannya)

  1. durian (fruit)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian m

  1. durian (fruit)

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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Noun

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durian m inan

  1. durian (tree)
    Synonym: zybuczkowiec
  2. durian (fruit)

Declension

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Declension of durian
singular plural
nominative durian duriany
genitive durianu durianów
dative durianowi durianom
accusative durian duriany
instrumental durianem durianami
locative durianie durianach
vocative durianie duriany

Further reading

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  • durian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

Noun

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durian c

  1. durian

Declension

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Declension of durian 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative durian durianen durianer durianerna
Genitive durians durianens durianers durianernas

Tagalog

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durián (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of duryan

Turkish

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Etymology

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From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.

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durian

  1. durian

West Makian

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Etymology

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From Malay durian.

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durian

  1. durian fruit
  2. the durian tree

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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