dur

See also: Dur, DUR, dúr, dùr, dûr, dür, and Dür

English

Etymology

German Dur, from Latin dūrus (hard, firm, vigorous).

Adjective

dur (not comparable)

  1. (music, obsolete) Major; in the major mode.
    C dur

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dur in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈdu/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈduɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uɾ

Etymology 1

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (hard, fast).

Adjective

dur (feminine dura, masculine plural durs, feminine plural dures)

  1. hard (resistant to pressure)
    Antonym: tou
  2. difficult
    Synonym: difícil
Derived terms
  • aigua dura
  • anar dur
  • cap dur
  • durament
  • durbec
  • duròmetre
  • endurir
  • ou dur
  • pell dura

Etymology 2

From Latin dūcere, present active infinitive of dūcō, from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-.

Verb

dur (first-person singular present duc, past participle dut)

  1. to carry
  2. to bring
Conjugation

Further reading


Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of .

Verb

dur (first-person singular present da, past participle dut)

  1. to give

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (hard, fast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Adjective

dur (feminine singular dure, masculine plural durs, feminine plural dures)

  1. hard, tough (difficult to penetrate)
  2. hard (not soft)
  3. hard, tough (not easy, difficult)
  4. harsh (e.g. harsh conditions)
  5. (art) harsh (of a penstroke)

Derived terms

Adverb

dur

  1. hard
    travailler durto work hard

Noun

dur m (plural durs)

  1. firmness, solidity

dur m (plural durs, feminine dure)

  1. hard case (tough person)

Further reading

Anagrams


Kalasha

Noun

dur

  1. house

Synonyms


Latvian

Verb

dur

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of durt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of durt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of durt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of durt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of durt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of durt

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *durь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dur/

Noun

dur m inan

  1. (medicine) one of several bacterial diseases including typhus, typhoid fever, recurrent fever and paratyphoid fever

Declension

Derived terms

  • dur brzuszny
  • dur plamisty
  • dur powrotny
  • dur rzekomy

Noun

dur m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (music) major (scale)

Derived terms

  • durowy

Further reading

  • dur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi दूर (dūr).

Adverb

dur

  1. far

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dūrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dur/

Adjective

dur m or n (feminine singular dură, masculine plural duri, feminine and neuter plural dure)

  1. hard, tough
  2. rough, harsh, severe

Declension

Synonyms


Sursurunga

Adjective

dur

  1. dirty

Further reading

  • Sursurunga Organised Phonology Data (2011)
  • Don Hutchisson, Sursurunga grammar essentials (1975)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

dur c

  1. (music) major scale
  • durackord
  • durskala
  • durton
  • durtonard

References


Turkish

Turkish stop sign

Verb

dur

  1. stop (imperative)

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʉːr/
    Rhymes: -ʉ́ːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dúr m.

Noun

dur m

  1. Short slumber.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Compare Irish dobhar, Welsh dŵr (water,) Old Norse úr (drizzle.)

Noun

dur n

  1. Fog.
Synonyms
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