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curry¹
- /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ UK, US
- /kɝ.i/
- /ˈkʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈkari/ South Asia
- /-ɾi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
Where it comes from
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.
Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.
noun curries · currey · currie
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One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
beef curry
Similar: Ruby Murray
- A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
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Curry powder.
Similar: curry powder
- A person of South Asian heritage. […] while another tells us that white women “are also THE most racist group of foids. they would rather put a bullet through their brain than date a curry or sandcel.”
verb curries · currying · curried · currey · currie
- To cook or season with curry powder.
curry²
- /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ UK, US
- /kɝ.i/
- /ˈkʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈkari/ South Asia
- /-ɾi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
Where it comes from
From Middle English currayen, from Old French correer (“to prepare”), presumably from Vulgar Latin *conredare, from Latin com- (a form of con- (“with; together”)) + a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *raidaz. More at ready.
verb curries · currying · curried
- To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb. Your short horse is soon curried.
- To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
- To beat, thrash; to drub. I have seen him curry a fellow's carcase handsomely.
- To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering. A middle-aged woman waves and calls to her, as if she, like the hungry reporters, were currying the girl's favor: Florence Aadland (Sarandon, in a wily, multilayered performance), Beverly's mother, wears an expression of maternal concern, though her self-serving motives become increasingly clear.
curry³
- /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ UK, US
- /kɝ.i/
- /ˈkʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈkari/ South Asia
- /-ɾi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
Where it comes from
From Curry (a surname), named after the American computer scientist and mathematician Haskell Curry (1900–1982) who developed the technique based on earlier work by the German logician and mathematician Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) and the Germany-based Russian logician and mathematician Moses Schönfinkel (1888–1942). It is not known who coined the term.
verb curries · currying · curried
- To perform currying (“the technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument”) on (a function, a parameter, etc.). Take two curryings #92;Gamma#95;1((N#92;timesN#92;rightarrowN)#92;times(N#92;timesN#92;rightarrowN)#92;timesL#92;rightarrowL))#61;(N#92;timesN#92;rightarrowN)#92;times(N#92;timesN#92;rightarrowN)#92;rightarrow(L#92;rightarrowL) and #92;Gamma#95;2((N#92;timesN#92;rightarrowN)#92;times(N#92;timesN#92;
curry⁴
- /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ UK, US
- /kɝ.i/
- /ˈkʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈkari/ South Asia
- /-ɾi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
Where it comes from
Possibly derived from currier, a common 16th- to 18th-century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.
verb curries · currying · curried
- To scurry; to ride or run hastily
- To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range). I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.
- To hurry. A sermon is soon curryed over.
curry⁵
- /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ UK, US
- /kɝ.i/
- /ˈkʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
- /ˈkari/ South Asia
- /-ɾi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
noun curries
- Obsolete form of quarry
Curry⁶
Where it comes from
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Comhraidhe (“descendant of Comhraidhe”). Also Anglicized from Ó Corra, see Corr.
* As a Scottish and northern English surname, variant of Currie.
* As an Arabic surname, Americanized from Khouri, Khoury.
Compare Cury.
proper noun Corey · Corry
- A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Comhraidhe (“descendant of Comhraidhe”). Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has accepted the role of assistant general manager for the basketball programs at alma mater Davidson College.
- An Irish surname, a variant of Corr.
- An Irish surname, a variant of Currie.
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Currie.
- A village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland (Irish grid ref G 4906).
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
- A ghost town in Alaska.
- An unincorporated community in Twin Falls County, Idaho.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dress, groom, corrie, qari, carl, curie, like, dear, win, kori, korean, carrie, kari, cary, carey, cory
Translations
Every language
noun dish
| Español | curri |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카레 kare, 커리 keori |
| 日本語 | カレー karē |
| 中文 | 咖喱 gālí, kālǐ |
| हिन्दी | करी karī |
| Português | curry, caril |
| Français | curry |
| Deutsch | Curry |
| Italiano | curry |
| Ελληνικά | κάρυ káry |
| Română | curry |
| Русский | ка́рри kárri |
| Tiếng Việt | cà ri, ca ri |
| العربية | كاري kārī |
noun sauce or relish
| Español | curry, cari |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카레 kare, 커리 keori |
| 日本語 | カレー karē |
| 中文 | 咖喱 gālí, kālǐ |
| हिन्दी | करी karī, सालन sālan |
| Português | caril |
| Français | cari |
| Deutsch | Currysoße, Curry |
| Ελληνικά | κάρυ káry |
| Русский | ка́рри kárri |
| Tiếng Việt | ca ri, cà ri, cà ry |
| العربية | كَارِي kārī |
| עברית | קָארִי kari |
verb to groom a horse
| Deutsch | kardätschen, striegeln |
|---|---|
| Italiano | strigliare |
verb to dress leather
| Deutsch | nasszurichten |
|---|
verb to perform currying upon (a function, a parameter, etc.)
| Deutsch | curryen, schönfinkeln |
|---|
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