hardness

English

Etymology

From hard +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hardness (plural hardnesses)

1. The quality of being hard.
2. An instance of this quality; hardship.

Translations

quality of being hard

• Czech: tvrdost (cs) f
• Dutch: hardheid (nl) f
• French: dureté (fr) f
• Galician: dureza (gl) f
• German: Härte (de) f
• Hungarian: keménység (hu)

• Italian: durezza (it) f
• Latvian: cietība (lv) f
• Portuguese: dureza (pt) f
• Spanish: dureza (es) f
• Turkish: zorluk (tr)

References

• hardness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913