duresa

Inherited from Latin dūritia. Doublet of durícia, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [duˈɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [duˈɾe.za]

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duresa f (plural dureses)

1. hardness, toughness

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• “duresa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “duresa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.