duramen
French, noun/dy.ʁa.mɛn/
duramen is spelled D-U-R-A-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duramen is a French masculine noun meaning “heartwood; duramen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie centrale d’un tronc d’arbre lignifiée et constituée de bois presque mort (où la sève ne circule plus)…”.
What does duramen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheartwood; duramen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie centrale d’un tronc d’arbre lignifiée et constituée de bois presque mort (où la sève ne circule plus), dur, compact, dense, sec et imputrescible. C'est la partie la plus résistante d’un point de vue mécanique et souvent plus sombre que l’aubier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of duramen
- duramens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duramen?
- /dy.ʁa.mɛn/
- \dy.ʁa.mɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duramen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duramen in French?
duramen appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).