durant

See also: durànt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”).

Noun

durant

1. Alternative form of durance
2. (historical) A strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “durant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• truand, tundra

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dūrante, present participle of dūrāre (“to last”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [duˈɾant]

Preposition

durant

1. during

Verb

durant

Further reading

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʁɑ̃/

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Preposition

durant

1. during, while

   Synonym: pendant

Postposition

durant

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   des heures durant ― for hours on end

Verb

durant

1. present participle of durer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• truand

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dūrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dūrō