durn
English
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): /dɜː(ɹ)n/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Etymology 1
Adjective
durn (not comparable)
Derived terms
Adverb
durn (not comparable)
- (US, informal, euphemistic) Darn; damned; extremely.
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
- The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any."
Interjection
durn
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
durn
- (slang) Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.
- How ya durn?
Etymology 3
Noun
durn (plural durns)
- Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”).
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian дурний (durnyj).
Adjective
durn m or n (feminine singular durnă, masculine plural durni, feminine and neuter plural durne)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | durn | durnă | durni | durne | |||
| definite | durnul | durna | durnii | durnele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | durn | durne | durni | durne | |||
| definite | durnului | durnei | durnilor | durnelor | ||||
References
- durn in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN