durer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French durer, from Latin dūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʁe/

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Verb

durer

1. to last (for)

   Un match de football dure 90 minutes.

   A football match lasts 90 minutes.

   Cette formation de King Crimson n’a guère duré plus longtemps que les précédentes.

   This lineup of King Crimson barely lasted longer than the previous ones.

   L’expérience étrange a duré quelques secondes après quoi il est parti sans rien dire.

   The strange experience lasted for a few seconds, after which he left without saying anything.

Conjugation

Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	durer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	durant /dy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		duré /dy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dure /dyʁ/	dures /dyʁ/	dure /dyʁ/	durons /dy.ʁɔ̃/	durez /dy.ʁe/	durent /dyʁ/
	imperfect	durais /dy.ʁɛ/	durais /dy.ʁɛ/	durait /dy.ʁɛ/	durions /dy.ʁjɔ̃/	duriez /dy.ʁje/	duraient /dy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	durai /dy.ʁe/	duras /dy.ʁa/	dura /dy.ʁa/	durâmes /dy.ʁam/	durâtes /dy.ʁat/	durèrent /dy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	durerai /dy.ʁə.ʁe/	dureras /dy.ʁə.ʁa/	durera /dy.ʁə.ʁa/	durerons /dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	durerez /dy.ʁə.ʁe/	dureront /dy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	durerais /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	durerais /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	durerait /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	durerions /dy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	dureriez /dy.ʁə.ʁje/	dureraient /dy.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dure /dyʁ/	dures /dyʁ/	dure /dyʁ/	durions /dy.ʁjɔ̃/	duriez /dy.ʁje/	durent /dyʁ/
	imperfect2	durasse /dy.ʁas/	durasses /dy.ʁas/	durât /dy.ʁa/	durassions /dy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	durassiez /dy.ʁa.sje/	durassent /dy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dure /dyʁ/	—	durons /dy.ʁɔ̃/	durez /dy.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• durant
• durée

Descendants

• → Romanian: dura

Further reading

• “durer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

dūrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dūrō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāre, present active infinitive of dūrō.

Verb

durer

1. to last (for)
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of durer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		durer			avoir duré
gerund		en durant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		durant
past participle		duré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	dur	dures	dure	durons	durez	durent
	imperfect	duroie, dureie, duroe, dureve	duroies, dureies, duroes, dureves	duroit, dureit, durot, dureve	duriiens, duriens	duriiez, duriez	duroient, dureient, duroent, durevent
	preterite	durai	duras	dura	durames	durastes	durerent
	future	durerai	dureras	durera	durerons	dureroiz, durereiz, durerez	dureront
	conditional	dureroie, durereie	dureroies, durereies	dureroit, durereit	dureriiens, dureriens	dureriiez, dureriez	dureroient, durereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	dur	durs	durt	durons	durez	durent
	imperfect	durasse	durasses	durast	durissons, durissiens	durissoiz, durissez, durissiez	durassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	dure	—	durons	durez	—

Descendants

• French: durer
  • → Romanian: dura
• Norman: duther
• Walloon: durer
• → Middle Dutch: duren
  • Dutch: duren
  • Limburgish: doere
• → Middle Low German: dūren
  • → Middle High German: dūren
    • Cimbrian: dauran
    • German: dauern
    • Luxembourgish: daueren
    • ⇒ Yiddish: געדויערן (gedoyern)
• → Middle English: duren
  • English: dure