Durex

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Durex

/ˈdʌ.ɹɛks/ US, UK
/ˈdʊ.ɹɛks/ Australia

Where it comes from

Condom brand name: 1929, from durability, reliability, excellence.

proper noun

UK, US A brand of condom.
Australia A brand of adhesive tape.

noun Durexes

UK, countable A condom. All I know is that you could, if you wanted to, find the answers to all sorts of difficult questions buried in that terrible war-torn interregnum between the first pubic hair and the first soiled Durex.
Similar: condom
Australia, uncountable Adhesive tape.
Similar: adhesive tape, Scotch tape, sellotape, sticky tape, tape

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"Durex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/durex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Durex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/durex

Chicago

"Durex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/durex.

BibTeX

@misc{durex_2026,
  title = {Durex},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/durex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}