durable

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).

Adjective

durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)

1. Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.

Synonyms

• permanent

Antonyms

• weak
• transitory

Translations

able to resist wear; enduring

• Asturian: duraderu (ast), durable (ast)
• Bulgarian: траен (bg) (traen), устойчив (bg) (ustojčiv)
• Catalan: durable (ca), durador (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (of goods) 耐用 (cmn) (nàiyòng), 耐久 (cmn) (nàijiǔ), (of clothing) 耐穿 (cmn) (nàichuān)

• Dutch: duurzaam (nl)
• Finnish: kestävä (fi), luja (fi)
• French: durable (fr)
• Galician: durable (gl), durábel (gl)

• Hungarian: tartós (hu)
• Italian: durabile (it)
• Portuguese: duradouro (pt), duradoiro (pt), durável (pt)
• Romanian: trainic (ro) m and n, durabil (ro) m and n
• Russian: прочный (ru) (próčnyj) , надёжный (ru) (nad'óžnyj) , стойкий (ru) (stójkij) , долговечный (ru) (dolgov'éčnyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: maireannach (gd), buan (gd), seasmhach (gd)
• Spanish: duradero (es), durable (es), perdurable (es)
• Telugu: మన్నికైన (te) (mannikaina)

Noun

durable (plural durables)

1. (economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
   • 1989, Robert A. Pollak, , 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.

Translations

durable good

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耐用品 (cmn) (nàiyòngpǐn)

• Finnish: kestokulutustavara (fi)

Antonyms

• nondurable

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French

Etymology

From Latin dūrābilis.

Adjective

durable (masculine and feminine, plural durables)

1. durable
2. sustainable

Related terms

• durabilité
• durablement
• développement durable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dūrābilis.

Adjective

durable m and f (plural durables)

1. durable

Synonyms

• duradero
• perdurable