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Un match de football dure 90 minutes.

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un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
match
     1. n-m. (sports) match, game
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
football
     1. n-m. association football, soccer
     2. n-m. (Canada) Canadian football
     3. n-m. (Louisiana French) American football
dure
     1. v. first-person singular present of durer
     2. v. third-person singular present of durer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of durer
     4. adj. feminine singular of dur
     durer
          1. v. to last (for)
     dur
          1. adj. hard, tough (difficult to penetrate)
          2. adj. hard (not soft)
          3. adj. hard, tough (not easy, difficult)
          4. adj. harsh (e.g. harsh conditions)
          5. adj. (arts) harsh (of a penstroke)
          6. adv. hard
          7. n-m. firmness, solidity
          8. n-m. hard case (tough person)
90
minutes
     1. n. plural of minute
     2. v. second-person singular present of minuter
     minuter
          1. v. to time
          2. v. to take minutes (of a meeting)
     minute
          1. n-f. minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)
          2. interj. wait a sec!
          3. v. first-person singular present of minuter
          4. v. third-person singular present of minuter
          5. v. second-person singular imperative of minuter




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