# durable
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈdʊɹəbəl/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
* (colloquial British English) IPA: /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
* Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
    durable economy
    durable batteries
    durable food

#### Antonyms

* weak
* vulnerable
* transitory

#### Derived terms

* durability
* durable good
* durable medical equipment
* durableness
* durably
* semidurable
* superdurable
* ultradurable
* undurable

#### Translations
### Noun

durable (plural durables)
* (economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
** 1989, Robert A. Pollak, The theory of the cost-of-living index, page 188:In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.

#### Antonyms

* nondurable

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* delubra

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin dūrābilis.

### Adjective

durable (epicene, plural durables)
* durable (able to resist wear; enduring)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish durable.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duˈɾable/ [d̪uˈɾab.l̪e]
* Hyphenation: du‧rab‧le

### Adjective

duráble (intensified durablehon, Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜍᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
* durable
    Synonyms: matagal, kudat

#### Derived terms

* pagkadurable

#### Related terms

* durabilidad

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin dūrābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [duˈɾab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [duˈɾa.ble]

### Adjective

durable m or f (masculine and feminine plural durables)
* durable
    Synonym: durador

#### Related terms

* durabilitat

### Further reading

* “durable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “durable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “durable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “durable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dūrābilis. Morphologically, from durer +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dy.ʁabl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

durable (plural durables)
* durable
* sustainable
    développement durable ― sustainable development

#### Derived terms

* durabilité
* durablement

#### See also

* écologique, vert
* renouvelable

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin dūrābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duˈɾable/ [d̪uˈɾa.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: du‧ra‧ble

### Adjective

durable m or f (masculine and feminine plural durables)
* durable
    Synonyms: duradero, perdurable

### Further reading

* “durable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10