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Is dure a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dure is a Scrabble US word. The word dure is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is dure a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dure is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

D2U1R1E1

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4-letter words (4 found)

DURE,RUDE,RUED,URDE,

3-letter words (6 found)

DUE,RED,RUD,RUE,URD,URE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,ER,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from dure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dure

dure udre drue rdue urde rude duer uder deur edur uedr eudr dreu rdeu deru edru redu erdu ured rued uerd eurd reud erud

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Definitions and meaning of dure

dure

Etymology 1

From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin durāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /djʊə/, /dʒʊə/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə

Verb

dure (third-person singular simple present dures, present participle during, simple past and past participle dured)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour.

Adjective

dure (comparative more dure, superlative most dure)

  1. (archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough
Derived terms
  • peine forte et dure

Anagrams

  • Duer, rude, rued, urdé, ured

Asturian

Verb

dure

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of durar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of durar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

dure

  1. inflection of duur:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

dure

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of duren

Anagrams

  • deur

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyʁ/
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Verb

dure

  1. inflection of durer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Adjective

dure

  1. feminine singular of dur

Anagrams

  • redû, rude

Galician

Verb

dure

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: dù‧re

Adjective

dure f pl

  1. feminine plural of duro

Anagrams

  • rude

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard, rough”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduː.reː/, [ˈd̪uːreː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.re/, [ˈd̪uːre]

Adverb

dūrē (comparative dūrius, superlative dūrissimē)

  1. harshly, sternly, roughly
    Synonym: dūriter
  2. stiffly, awkwardly

Related terms

References

  • “dure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Middle Dutch

Adjective

dure

  1. Alternative form of diere

Inflection

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Portuguese

Verb

dure

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

dure

  1. inflection of durar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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