dur

From German Dur, from Latin dūrus (“hard, firm, vigorous”).

• IPA^(key): /duːɹ/

dur (not comparable)

1. (music, obsolete) Major; in the major mode.

   C dur

• dur-brain (etymologically unrelated)

• “dur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “dur”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

dur

1. Alternative form of duh (“indicating stupidity etc.”)
   • 2015, Liberty Kratz-Gullickson, Write Like a Girl, page 29:

     "Well, dur. I'm not that stupid, I knew that."

dur (plural dur or durs)

1. (Belize, slang) A marijuana dealer.
   • 2023 June 13, Jules Vasquez, “Who Put Marybeth's Fraudulent Approval on Chester's Desk?”, in 7 News Belize‎:

     He began to tell me that Marybeth is accused or it is alleged she is one of the dur in Crooked Tree.

• Urd, rud, urd, Rud, RUD, Dru

• duro

Akin to Catalan dur, from Latin dūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -u(ɾ)
• Syllabification: dur

dur (plural durs)

1. hard

• “duro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دور (dūr).

dur (comparative daha dur, superlative ən dur)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) far

• “dur” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -u(ɾ)

Inherited from Latin dūrus.

dur (feminine dura, masculine plural durs, feminine plural dures)

1. hard (resistant to pressure)

   Antonym: tou

2. difficult

   Synonym: difícil

   Antonym: fàcil

• duresa
• durícia

Inherited from Latin dūcere, from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-.

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

In Balearic, second person plural present indicative is duis, first person plural present indicative is duim.

• dur a plaça
• dur a terme

• “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.

Borrowed from German Dur.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: dur

dur n (indeclinable)

1. (music) major

• duor

From Latin dāre.

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

1. to give

From German Dur, from Latin durus (“hard”).

dur

1. (music) major

• mol

Inherited from Latin dūrus.

dur (feminine dura, masculine plural durs, feminine plural dures) (ORB, broad)

1. hard

   Antonym: dox

• dur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• dur in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /dyʁ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /d͡zʏʁ/

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• Rhymes: -yʁ

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)

dur

1. hard

   travailler dur ― to work hard

dur m (plural durs)

1. firmness, solidity

dur m (plural durs, feminine dure)

1. hard case (tough person)

• “dur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• dru

dur (comparative plus dur, superlative le plus dur)

1. hard, not soft ^[1]

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door”).

dur (Arabic دوُر)

1. house

   Synonyms: abádi, khatumán, ku, kuš

2. door

dur

1. inflection of durt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of durt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of durt

• dür (Modern orthography)

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”).

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /dyːr/

dur m (feminine singular dura, masculine and feminine plural dur) (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. hard
2. tough, harsh
3. stringy (of food)

• Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 2, 1843, p. 58

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fast”). Attested from the 12th century.^[1]

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

1. hard (resistant to pressure)
2. difficult

• durament

• duretat

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dur

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /ˈdur/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: dur

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *durь.

dur m inan

1. typhus (any of several similar diseases, characterized by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria)

   Synonym: tyfus

   dur brzuszny ― typhoid fever

   dur plamisty ― epidemic typhus

   dur powrotny ― relapsing fever

   dur rzekomy ― paratyphoid fever

2. (literary) daze, stupor, befuddlement (state of confusion caused by some strong stimulus, such as love)

   Synonym: zamroczenie

Borrowed from German Dur.

dur m inan (indeclinable, related adjective durowy)

1. (music) major (scale)

   Synonym: major

   Antonyms: minor, moll

dur (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (music) major (scale)

   Synonyms: durowy, major, majorowy

   Antonyms: minor, minorowy, moll, mollowy

• dur I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dur II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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), Bengali দূর (dur), Kamkata-viri bādūř, Persian دور (dur).

dur

1. far

Borrowed from French dur, Latin dūrus.

• IPA^(key): /dur/

dur m or n (feminine singular dură, masculine plural duri, feminine and neuter plural dure)

1. hard, tough

   Synonym: tare

2. rough, harsh, severe

   Synonyms: aspru, sever

• duritate

Borrowed from German Dur, which is based on Latin durus (“hard”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):

dur m inan or n (relational adjective durový)

1. (music) major scale

• “dur”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

dur

1. dirty

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

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

dur c

1. (music) major scale

• durackord
• durskala
• durton
• durtonard

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

dur

1. second-person singular imperative of durmak

From Middle Welsh dur, from Proto-Brythonic *dʉr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).^[1]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /diːr/
• Rhymes: -ɨːr
• Homophone: dir (South Wales)

dur m (uncountable)

1. steel

dur (feminine singular dur, plural dur, not comparable)

1. (made of) steel
2. (figurative) steely, hard, cruel