durian

Other forms of durian

plural

durians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about durian

What does durian mean?

durian means "tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in durian?

durian has 3 syllables: du-ri-an. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for durian?

Close synonyms include durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is durian a common word?

durian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.