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currying¹

  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈkɜ-/ US

Where it comes from

From curry (“to perform currying upon (a function, a parameter, etc.)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting acts of doing actions or embodiments of actions). Curry is named after the American computer scientist and mathematician Haskell Curry (1900–1982) who further 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.

noun curryings

  1. countable, gerund, uncountable gerund of curry: (uncountable) the technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument; (countable) an instance of using this technique. In the last line [of the preceding function] we have used a trick called Currying (after the logician H. Curry) to solve the problem of introducing a binary operation into a language where all functions must accept a single argument. (The referee comments that although "Currying" is tastier, "Schönf

    Opposite: uncurrying

currying²

  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈkɜ-/ US

Where it comes from

From curry (“to cook or season (a dish) with curry powder”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of curry

currying³

  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈkʌɹiɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈkɜ-/ US

Where it comes from

From curry (“to groom (a horse)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming present participles of verbs).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of curry

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noun technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument; an instance of using this techni

Españolcurrificación
한국어커링 keoring
日本語カリー化 karīka
中文加里化 jiālǐhuà, 卡瑞化 kǎruìhuà, 柯里化 kēlǐhuà
Portuguêscurrying
Françaiscurryfication
DeutschCurrying, Schönfinkeln
Italianoapplicazione parziale
Русскийкаррирование karrirovanije
العربيةالتكرير
עבריתפונקציית קורי

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@misc{currying_2026,
  title = {currying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/currying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}