perdurable

English

Etymology

From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒɔːɹəbəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/

Adjective

perdurable (comparative more perdurable, superlative most perdurable)

1. Very durable; long-lasting.

   Synonyms: diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting

   • c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:

     In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable

   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

     O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.

   • 1848, Philip James Bailey, “Proëm”, in Festus: A Poem, 3rd edition, London: William Pickering, →OCLC, page vii:

     Ere now marmoreal floods had spread their couch / Of perdurable snow, or granite wrought / Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire / Up to insanest heights.

   • 1937, Ezra Pound, ABC Of Reading:

     There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.

   • 2023, Mastroianni, Adam M., Gilbert, Daniel T, “The illusion of moral decline”, in Nature, 618 782-789 (2023):

     Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.

Related terms

• perdurably
• perdurability

French

Adjective

perdurable (plural perdurables)

1. perdurable

Derived terms

• perdurablement

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin perdūrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾduˈɾable/ [peɾ.ð̞uˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: per‧du‧ra‧ble

Adjective

perdurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural perdurables)

1. durable, lasting

   Synonyms: durable, duradero

Derived terms

• perdurabilidad

 

Further reading

• “perdurable”, 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