dura

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdjʊə.ɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd(j)ʊɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Ellipsis of dura mater.

dura (plural durae)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of dura mater..

Borrowing from Arabic ذُرَة‎ (ḏura, “Indian millet”).

dura (usually uncountable, plural duras)

1. Alternative form of durra.
   • 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10:

     Kafir makes better forage than the duras.

• pietra dura (etymologically unrelated)

• “dura”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “dura”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Adur, Daru, Daur, duar, urad

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative of durar
2. second-person singular imperative of durar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɾa/

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative form of durar
2. second-person singular imperative form of durar

dura

1. mosquito

• IPA^(key): [duːra]

dura f sg

1. genitive singular of dyr

   uttan dura ― outside the door

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʁa/

dura

1. third-person singular past historic of durer

• ardu

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: dù‧ra

dura f sg

1. feminine singular of duro

dura

1. inflection of durare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• udrà

dūra

1. inflection of dūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

dūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of dūrus

dūrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūrō

• dura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

• düra (Modern orthography)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /ˈdyːra/

dura (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. singular feminine of dur

From Arabic دَوْرَة‎ (dawra). Doublet of dawra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ra/

dura f (plural duri or duriet)

1. a hut used by hunters and birdcatchers as a watching place

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dura

1. feminine singular of dur

dura

1. genitive plural of dyrr

• Hyphenation: du‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

dura

1. inflection of durar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /duˈra/

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From Latin dolāre, present active infinitive of dolō.

a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to build (a building)

   Synonyms: construi, clădi, zidi

2. to make (something)
3. to light a fire

   Synonym: aprinde

4. (rare) to fashion or smooth wood

   Synonym: ciopli

Borrowed from French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre.

a dura (third-person singular present durează, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to last, endure

• IPA^(key): /ˈduɾa/ [ˈd̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: du‧ra

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

dura

1. inflection of durar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Arabic دُرَّة‎ (durra), a variety of parrot (Psittacus alexandri Linnaeus).

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dura (n class, plural dura)

1. parrot

• lura

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ludaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ludaq. Compare Malay ludah and Tausug lura.

• Hyphenation: du‧ra
• IPA^(key): /duˈɾaʔ/, [dʊˈɾaʔ]

durâ

1. spit; sputum; spittle
2. spitting (of one's saliva)

   Synonym: pagdura

• dahak
• laway
• luwa