durability

English

Etymology

From Middle English durabilite, from Old French durabilité, from Latin dūrābilitās (“durability”). Corresponding to durable +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /dəɹəˈbɪləti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲʊɹəbɪləti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

durability (countable and uncountable, plural durabilities)

1. The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

   Synonym: long-lastingness

   Hyponym: permanence

   • 2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN‎:

     We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.

Derived terms

• biodurability
• nondurability

Translations

permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

Armenian: տոկունություն (hy) (tokunutʻyun), ամրություն (hy) (amrutʻyun), պնդություն (hy) (pndutʻyun) Bulgarian: трайност (bg) f (trajnost) Catalan: durabilitat f Chinese: Mandarin: 耐久性 (zh) (nàijiǔxìng) Czech: životnost (cs) f, trvanlivost (cs) f, výdrž f (of batteries) Danish: holdbarhed c, slidstyrke c, varighed c Dutch: duurzaamheid (nl) Estonian: vastupidavus, kestvus Finnish: kesto (fi), kestävyys (fi) French: durabilité (fr) f, résistance (fr) f German: Haltbarkeit (de) f Hindi: टिकाउपन m (ṭikāupan) Irish: buanfas m, buaine f, teilgean m Italian: durabilità (it) f Japanese: 耐久性 (ja) (たいきゅうせい, taikyūsei) Korean: 내구성(耐久性) (naeguseong) Latin: firmitudo f, firmitas f, dūrābilitās f Lithuanian: tvermė f, patvarumas m Malay: ketahanan (ms), keawetan Norwegian: Bokmål: holdbarhet m or f, bestandighet m or f Polish: żywotność (pl), czas życia (maszyny) Portuguese: durabilidade (pt) f Russian: долгове́чность (ru) f (dolgovéčnostʹ), живу́честь (ru) f (živúčestʹ), сто́йкость (ru) f (stójkostʹ), дли́тельность (ru) f (dlítelʹnostʹ) Spanish: durabilidad f Swedish: hållbarhet (sv) c, varighet c, beständighet (sv) c, slitstyrka c Telugu: మన్నిక (te) (mannika) Turkish: dayanıklılık (tr) Ukrainian: довгові́чність f (dovhovíčnistʹ), сті́йкість f (stíjkistʹ)