French Conversation · Level 28
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French word
durant
Pronunciation
IPA/dyʁɑ̃/
Meaning
- prepositionduring
Example
Nous avons parlé durant le trajet.
We talked during the journey.
More examples
Il a travaillé durant la nuit.
He worked during the night.
Core concept
A time span enclosing an ongoing action or state.
Common phrases
durant la journée
during the day
durant la nuit
during the night
durant le trajet
during the journey
Similar words
pendant: Over a set period while an activity or event is ongoing.
lors de: At or around the time when a particular event occurs.
Definition in French
Indique la durée d'une action ou d'un état, placée devant un groupe nominal et souvent équivalente à « pendant ».
Word origin
Durant developed from Old French use of the present participle of durer, a verb descended from Latin durare, as a preposition of duration.
Usage tips
- Durant is followed by a noun phrase, as in durant le trajet; the conjunction pendant que is used before a finite clause.