durant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”).
Noun
durant
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “durant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Aragonese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duˈɾan/
- Syllabification: du‧rant
- Rhymes: -an
Etymology 1
From Latin dūrantem, present active participle of dūrō (“to last”).
Preposition
durant
- for, during (over a period of time)
- Reciclando una botella de plastico se cabida prou enerchia ta mantenir una bombeta de 60W encendida durant una hora y meya.
- Recycling a plastic bottle saves enough energy to keep a 60W lightbulb lit for an hour and a half.
Etymology 2
Verb
durant
- gerund of durar in Ribagorçan.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin dūrantem, present active participle of dūrō (“to last”). First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Preposition
durant
- for, during (over a period of time)
- 2020 March 5, “Recliclar té premi!”, in Time Out Barcelona[1], volume 587, page 15:
- Reciclant una ampolla de plàstic s'estalvia energia per mantenir una bombeta de 60W encesa durant una hora i mitja.
- Recycling a plastic bottle saves [enough] energy to keep a 60W lightbulb lit for an hour and a half.
Etymology 2
Verb
durant
- gerund of durar
References
- ^ “durant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Further reading
- “durant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “durant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “durant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.ʁɑ̃/
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Preposition
durant
Postposition
durant
Participle
durant
- present participle of durer
Further reading
- “durant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dūrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of dūrō
Occitan
Preposition
durant
Verb
durant
- present participle of durar