duramen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

duramen (uncountable)

  1. (botany) heartwood

Translations
heartwood — see heartwood

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duramen.

Noun

duramen m (plural duramens)

  1. heartwood

French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāmen.

Pronunciation
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Noun

duramen m (plural duramens)

  1. heartwood; duramen

Latin

Etymology

From dūrō (“I make hard, harden”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

dūrāmen n (genitive dūrāminis); third declension

  1. hardness
  2. (rare) ice

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dūrāmen dūrāmina
Genitive dūrāminis dūrāminum
Dative dūrāminī dūrāminibus
Accusative dūrāmen dūrāmina
Ablative dūrāmine dūrāminibus
Vocative dūrāmen dūrāmina

Descendants
  • English: duramen
  • French: duramen
  • Spanish: duramen
  • Italian: durame

References
  • “duramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French duramen.

Noun

duramen n (plural duramenuri)

  1. duramen

Declension
Declension of duramen
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) duramen duramenul (niște) duramenuri duramenurile
genitive/dative (unui) duramen duramenului (unor) duramenuri duramenurilor
vocative duramenule duramenurilor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

duramen m (plural durámenes)

  1. heartwood; duramen

Further reading
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