dur
French
adj
Definitions
- hard, tough difficult to penetrate
- hard not soft
- hard, tough not easy, difficult
- harsh e.g. harsh conditions
- (arts) harsh of a penstroke
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dūrus (hard, rough, stern, harsh) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (solid, hard, firm, be firm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deru-
Gloss
solid, hard, firm, be firm
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
硬
Emoji
🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dour English
- dourly English
- dourness English
- duresco Latin
- durissimus Latin
- duriter Latin
- duritia Latin
- durities Latin
- duro Latin
- dūrantem, durans Latin
- dūrus Latin
- duro Italian
- dureté French
- durillon French
- durissime French
- δροόν Ancient Greek
- *deru- Proto-Indo-European
- *drowsdom Proto-Indo-European
- *drū- Proto-Indo-European
- *duh₂-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *traustą Proto-Germanic
- dur Catalan, Valencian
- dur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dur Welsh
- dû Norman
- duro Old Portuguese
- dur Occitan
- *dūros Proto-Italic
- deir Romansh
- dir Romansh
- dür Romansh
- duru Asturian
- dour Scots
- dûr Friulian
- dúr Middle Irish
- duro Old Spanish
- duru Sicilian
- dûo Ligurian
- doir Dalmatian
- duru Sardinian
- doûro Istriot
- dur Lombard
- dür Lombard
- drūwis Old Prussian