dure

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin durāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /djʊə/, /dʒʊə/

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• Rhymes: -ʊə

Verb

dure (third-person singular simple present dures, present participle during, simple past and past participle dured)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:

     Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe […]

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   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt  (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xiij:[23], folio xviij, recto:

     But he that was ſowne in the ſtony grũde ys he / which heareth the worde of God / and anon with ioye receaveth itt / yet hath he no rottꝭ in him ſelfe / And therefore he dureth but a ſeaſon […].

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour.

Adjective

dure (comparative more dure, superlative most dure)

1. (archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough
   • 1861, William Howard Russell, Leicester Chronicle:

     The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.

Derived terms

• peine forte et dure

Anagrams

• Duer, rude, rued, urdé, ured

Asturian

Verb

dure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of durar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of durar

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dure

1. inflection of duur:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

dure

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of duren

Anagrams

• deur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyʁ/

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• Rhymes: -yʁ

Verb

dure

1. inflection of durer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Adjective

dure

1. feminine singular of dur

Anagrams

• redû, rude

Galician

Verb

dure

1. inflection of durar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: dù‧re

Adjective

dure f pl

1. feminine plural of duro

Anagrams

• rude

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard, rough”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.reː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.re/,

Adverb

dūrē (comparative dūrius, superlative dūrissimē)

1. harshly, sternly, roughly

   Synonym: dūriter

2. stiffly, awkwardly

Related terms

References

• “dure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Middle Dutch

Adjective

dure

1. Alternative form of diere

Inflection

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Portuguese

Verb

dure

1. inflection of durar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

dure

1. inflection of durar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative