durer

French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāre, present active infinitive of dūrō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

durer

1. to last (for)

   Un match de football dure 90 minutes.

   A football match lasts 90 minutes.

Related terms

• durant
• durée

Conjugation

   Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		durer			avoir duré
gerund		en durant			en ayant duré
present participle		durant
past participle		duré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dure	dures	dure	durons	durez	durent
	imperfect	durais	durais	durait	durions	duriez	duraient
	past historic1	durai	duras	dura	durâmes	durâtes	durèrent
	future	durerai	dureras	durera	durerons	durerez	dureront
	conditional	durerais	durerais	durerait	durerions	dureriez	dureraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	dure	dures	dure	durions	duriez	durent
	imperfect1	durasse	durasses	durât	durassions	durassiez	durassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	dure	—	durons	durez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

dūrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dūrō

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāre.

Verb

durer

1. to last (for)
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		durer			avoir duré, durez
gerund		en durant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		durant
past participle		duré, durez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dure, dur	dures, durs	dure, dur	durons	durez, durés	durent
	imperfect	duroe, dureie, duroie	duroes, dureies, duroies	durot, dureit, duroit	durions, duriions	duriez, duriiez	duroent, durient, duroient
	past historic	durai	duras	dura	durames	durastes	durerent
	future	durerai	dureras	durera	durerons	durerez, durereiz	dureront
	conditional	dureroe, durereie, dureroie	dureroes, durereies, dureroies	durerot, durereie, dureroie	durerions, dureriions	dureriez, dureriiez	dureroent, durereient, dureroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	dure, dur	dures, durs	dure, dur	durons	durez	durent
	imperfect	durasse	durasses	durast	durissons	durissez, durissiez	durassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	dure	—	durons	durez	—

Descendants

• French: durer
• Jèrriais: duther