durer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French durer, from Latin dūrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dy.ʁe/
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Verb

durer

  1. to last (for)
    Un match de football dure 90 minutes.
    A football match lasts 90 minutes.
    Cette formation de King Crimson n’a guère duré plus longtemps que les précédentes.
    This lineup of King Crimson barely lasted longer than the previous ones.
    L’expérience étrange a duré quelques secondes après quoi il est parti sans rien dire.
    The strange experience lasted for a few seconds, after which he left without saying anything.

Conjugation

Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple durer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple durant
/dy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle duré
/dy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dure
/dyʁ/ 		dures
/dyʁ/ 		dure
/dyʁ/ 		durons
/dy.ʁɔ̃/ 		durez
/dy.ʁe/ 		durent
/dyʁ/
imperfect durais
/dy.ʁɛ/ 		durais
/dy.ʁɛ/ 		durait
/dy.ʁɛ/ 		durions
/dy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		duriez
/dy.ʁje/ 		duraient
/dy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 durai
/dy.ʁe/ 		duras
/dy.ʁa/ 		dura
/dy.ʁa/ 		durâmes
/dy.ʁam/ 		durâtes
/dy.ʁat/ 		durèrent
/dy.ʁɛʁ/
future durerai
/dy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		dureras
/dy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		durera
/dy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		durerons
/dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		durerez
/dy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		dureront
/dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional durerais
/dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		durerais
/dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		durerait
/dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		durerions
/dy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dureriez
/dy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		dureraient
/dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dure
/dyʁ/ 		dures
/dyʁ/ 		dure
/dyʁ/ 		durions
/dy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		duriez
/dy.ʁje/ 		durent
/dyʁ/
imperfect2 durasse
/dy.ʁas/ 		durasses
/dy.ʁas/ 		durât
/dy.ʁa/ 		durassions
/dy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		durassiez
/dy.ʁa.sje/ 		durassent
/dy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dure
/dyʁ/ 		— durons
/dy.ʁɔ̃/ 		durez
/dy.ʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: dura

Further reading

Latin

Verb

dūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dūrō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāre, present active infinitive of dūrō.

Verb

durer

  1. to last (for)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive durer avoir duré
gerund en durant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle durant
past participle duré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present dur dures dure durons durez durent
imperfect duroie, dureie, duroe, dureve duroies, dureies, duroes, dureves duroit, dureit, durot, dureve duriiens, duriens duriiez, duriez duroient, dureient, duroent, durevent
preterite durai duras dura durames durastes durerent
future durerai dureras durera durerons dureroiz, durereiz, durerez dureront
conditional dureroie, durereie dureroies, durereies dureroit, durereit dureriiens, dureriens dureriiez, dureriez dureroient, durereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present dur durs durt durons durez durent
imperfect durasse durasses durast durissons, durissiens durissoiz, durissez, durissiez durassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— dure — durons durez —

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