different between imperturbable vs dour

English

Etymology

From Middle French imperturbable, from Late Latin imperturb?bilis, from im- + perturb? + -bilis. Surface analysis im- + perturbable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mp??t??b?b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??mp??t?b?b?l/

Adjective

imperturbable (comparative more imperturbable, superlative most imperturbable)

1. Not easily perturbed, upset or excited.
2. Calm and collected, even under pressure.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbablement

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• imperturbábel

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable m or f (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilidade
• imperturbablemente

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable m (feminine singular imperturbabla, masculine plural imperturbables, feminine plural imperturbablas)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilitat
• imperturbablament

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin imperturb?bilis.

Adjective

imperturbable (plural imperturbables)

1. imperturbable

Derived terms

• imperturbabilidad
• imperturbablemente

Further reading

• “imperturbable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Scots dour, from Latin d?rus (“hard, stern”), possibly via Middle Irish dúr.Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. Doublet of dure.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??/, /?da??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??/, /?da??/, /?da?.?/
• Rhymes: -a??(?), -??(?)
• Homophones: Daur, doer, door, dower (depending on speaker)

Adjective

dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour)

1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
2. Unyielding and obstinate.
3. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullen, gloomy

Synonyms

• (stern, harsh): forbidding, harsh, severe, stern
• (unyielding): obstinate, stubborn, unyielding
• (expressing gloom): dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen

Derived terms

• dourly
• dourness

Translations

Anagrams

• doru, ordu

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *du?r, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ub?rós (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?r/

Noun

dour m (plural dourioù or doureier)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain, tears, sweat, saliva

Mutation

Scots

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin d?rus (“hard”).

Adjective

dour

1. stern, severe, relentless, dour

References

• “dour” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.