duresa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin dūritia. Doublet of durícia, a learned borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [duˈɾe̞.zə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [duˈɾə.zə] IPA(key): (Central) [duˈɾɛ.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [duˈɾe.za] === Noun === duresa f (plural dureses) hardness, toughness ==== Related terms ==== dur === Further reading === “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 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “duresa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)