"durable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdʊɹəbəl/ [General-American], /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/ [British, English, colloquial] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-durable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more durable [comparative], most durable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|durable}} Middle English durable, {{der|en|fro|durable}} Old French durable, {{der|en|la|dūrābilis||lasting, permanent}} Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), {{m|la|dūrō||harden, make hard}} dūrō (“harden, make hard”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
  1. Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring. Derived forms: durable good, durable medical equipment Translations (able to resist wear; enduring): متين (Arabic), դիմացկուն (dimacʿkun) (Armenian), տոկուն (tokun) (Armenian), duraderu (Asturian), durable (Asturian), etibarlı (Azerbaijani), davamlı (Azerbaijani), möhkəm (note: of materials) (Azerbaijani), траен (traen) (Bulgarian), устойчив (ustojčiv) (Bulgarian), durable (Catalan), durador (Catalan), 耐用 (nàiyòng) (note: of goods) (Chinese Mandarin), 耐久 (nàijiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 耐穿 (nàichuān) (note: of clothing) (Chinese Mandarin), holdbar (Danish), slidstærk (Danish), varig (Danish), duurzaam (Dutch), kestävä (Finnish), luja (Finnish), durable (French), durable (Galician), durábel (Galician), გამძლე (gamʒle) (Georgian), strapazierfähig (German), haltbar (German), dauerhaft (German), ανθεκτικός (anthektikós) (Greek), γερός (gerós) (Greek), tartós (Hungarian), buanfasach (Irish), durabile (Italian), 固い (katai) (Japanese), 強い (tsuyoi) (Japanese), 丈夫な (jōbu na) (Japanese), dūrābilis (Latin), и́здржлив (ízdržliv) (Macedonian), pūmau (Maori), slitesterk (Norwegian Bokmål), slitesterk (Norwegian Nynorsk), duarhauft (Plautdietsch), duradouro (Portuguese), duradoiro (Portuguese), durável (Portuguese), trainic (Romanian), durabil (Romanian), про́чный (próčnyj) (Russian), надёжный (nadjóžnyj) (Russian), сто́йкий (stójkij) (Russian), долгове́чный (dolgovéčnyj) (Russian), maireannach (Scottish Gaelic), buan (Scottish Gaelic), seasmhach (Scottish Gaelic), duradero (Spanish), durable (Spanish), perdurable (Spanish), slitstark (Swedish), tålig (Swedish), hållbar (Swedish), varaktig (Swedish), మన్నికైన (mannikaina) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-durable-en-adj-oUyMnksn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʊɹəbəl/ [General-American], /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/ [British, English, colloquial] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-durable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: durables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|durable}} Middle English durable, {{der|en|fro|durable}} Old French durable, {{der|en|la|dūrābilis||lasting, permanent}} Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), {{m|la|dūrō||harden, make hard}} dūrō (“harden, make hard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} durable (plural durables)
  1. (economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year. Categories (topical): Economics Translations (durable thing): 耐用品 (nàiyòngpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), kestokulutustavara (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-durable-en-noun-LwpByIEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "متين"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dimacʿkun",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "դիմացկուն"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "տոկուն"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duraderu"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durable"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "etibarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "davamlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "note": "of materials",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "möhkəm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "traen",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "траен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ustojčiv",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "устойчив"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of goods",
      "roman": "nàiyòng",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "耐用"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nàijiǔ",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "耐久"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of clothing",
      "roman": "nàichuān",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "耐穿"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "holdbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "slidstærk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "varig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duurzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "kestävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "luja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durábel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamʒle",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "გამძლე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "strapazierfähig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "haltbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "dauerhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anthektikós",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "ανθεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gerós",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "γερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "tartós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "buanfasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "katai",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "固い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuyoi",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "強い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōbu na",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "丈夫な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "dūrābilis"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízdržliv",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "и́здржлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "pūmau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "slitesterk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "slitesterk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duarhauft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duradouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duradoiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "trainic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "próčnyj",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "про́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "надёжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stójkij",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "сто́йкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolgovéčnyj",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "долгове́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "maireannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "buan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "seasmhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "duradero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "durable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "perdurable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "slitstark"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "tålig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "hållbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "varaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mannikaina",
      "sense": "able to resist wear; enduring",
      "word": "మన్నికైన"
    }
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}

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    }
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Economics"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1989, Robert A. Pollak, The theory of the cost-of-living index, page 188",
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          "economics"
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      ],
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        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nàiyòngpǐn",
      "sense": "durable thing",
      "word": "耐用品"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "durable thing",
      "word": "kestokulutustavara"
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}

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