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durant

/dˈʊɹənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
du-rant
IPA
/dˈʊɹənt/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of durance (“duration”)

Obsolete

noun

A strong cloth in imitation of buff leather.

name

A surname.

name

An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

name

A city in Cedar County, Muscatine County and Scott County, Iowa, United States.

name

A city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oklahoma, United States.

name

A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from French durant, present participle of durer (“to last”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Durants (plural)

Rhymes With

courant bondurant

Questions

How do you pronounce durant?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈʊɹənt/.
What does durant mean?
Alternative form of durance (“duration”)
Where does durant come from?
It is traced to French.

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