dur

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

English

Etymology

German Dur, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• RUD, Rud, Urd, rud, urd

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• 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

   Antonym: fàcil

Derived terms

• aigua dura
• anar dur
• cap dur
• durament
• durbec
• duròmetre
• endurir
• ou dur
• pell dura

 

Related terms

• duresa
• durícia

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, first-person singular preterite duguí, past participle dut)

1. (transitive) to carry

   Synonym: portar

2. (transitive) to bring

   Synonym: portar

Derived terms

• dur a terme

Related terms

• duta

Further reading

• “dur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• duor

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō.

Verb

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

1. to give

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyʁ/

• audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yʁ

Adjective

dur (feminine 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

• dur à cuire
• dur d’oreille
• dureté
• durement

Adverb

dur

1. hard

   travailler dur ― to work hard

Noun

dur m (plural durs)

1. firmness, solidity

dur m (plural durs, feminine dure)

1. hard case (tough person)

Further reading

• “dur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dru

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Kalasha

Noun

dur

1. house

Synonyms

• abadi

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Latvian

Verb

dur

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

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

dur m (feminine singular dura, masculine plural durs, feminine plural duras)

1. hard (resistant to pressure)
2. difficult

Derived terms

• durament

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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

Declension of dur

	singular
nominative	dur
genitive	duru
dative	durowi
accusative	dur
instrumental	durem
locative	durze
vocative	durze

Derived terms

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

Noun

dur m inan (indeclinable)

1. (music) major (scale)

Derived terms

• durowy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit दूर (dūrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *duHrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s, from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Hindi दूर (dūr), Kamkata-viri bādūř, Persian دور (dūr).

Adverb

dur

1. far

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Declension of dur

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dur		dură	duri	dure
	definite	durul		dura	durii	durele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dur		dure	duri	dure
	definite	durului		durei	durelor	durilor

Synonyms

• (hard): tare
• (harsh, severe): aspru, sever

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Sursurunga

Adjective

dur

1. dirty

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

dur c

1. (music) major scale

Related terms

• durackord
• durskala
• durton
• durtonard

References

• dur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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Turkish

Turkish stop sign

Verb

1. stop (imperative)

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

1. Short slumber.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

1. Fog.