perdurable

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English

Etymology

From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒɔːɹəbəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/

Adjective

perdurable (comparative more perdurable, superlative most perdurable)

  1. Very durable; long-lasting.
    Synonyms: diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
    • c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
      In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.
    • 1848, Philip James Bailey, “Proëm”, in Festus: A Poem, 3rd edition, London: William Pickering, →OCLC, page vii:
      Ere now marmoreal floods had spread their couch / Of perdurable snow, or granite wrought / Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire / Up to insanest heights.
    • 1937, Ezra Pound, ABC Of Reading:
      There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.
    • 2023, Mastroianni, Adam M., Gilbert, Daniel T, “The illusion of moral decline”, in Nature, 618 782-789 (2023):
      Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.

French

Adjective

perdurable (plural perdurables)

  1. perdurable

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin perdūrābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾduˈɾable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: per‧du‧ra‧ble

Adjective

perdurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural perdurables)

  1. durable, lasting
    Synonyms: durable, duradero

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