cur

English

Etymology

From Middle English curre (compare Middle Dutch corre (“house dog”)), shortened from Middle English curdogge or kurdogge, a compound whose second element is clearly dogge (“dog”). The first element is probably from Old Norse kurra (“to growl, grumble”) and related to Middle Low German korren (“to growl”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Noun

cur (plural curs)

1. (archaic) A mongrel or inferior dog.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 25

     "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you."

2. (archaic) A detestable person.

Translations

mongrel, dog

• Bulgarian: пес (bg) (pes) m, помияр (bg) (pomijar) m
• Danish: køter (da) c
• Dutch: mormel (nl) n
• Esperanto: hundaĉo (eo)
• Finnish: rakki (fi), piski (fi)
• French: clébard (fr) m

• German: Köter (de) m
• Greek: κοπρίτης (el) (koprítis) m
• Portuguese: vira-lata m
• Russian: дворняга (ru) (dvornjaga), шавка (ru) (šavka)
• Swedish: byracka (sv) c

detestable person

• Danish: sjover c
• Dutch: hondsvot (nl) m
• Finnish: lurjus (fi)

• German: Köter (de) m
• Greek: κοπρίτης (el) (koprítis) m
• Russian: шавка (ru) (šavka)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ker m, pseto n, džukela f

• Novial: hundache
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кер m, псето n, џукела f

  Roman: ker m, pseto n, džukela f

See also

• bitsa, bitser
• mongrel
• mutt

Anagrams

• cru
• RUC

---

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin culus. Compare Daco-Romanian cur.

Alternative forms

• curu

Noun

cur

1. (slang, referring to the anus) ass

Etymology 2

From Latin currō. Compare Daco-Romanian cure, cur (modern curge, curg).

Alternative forms

• curu

Verb

cur

1. I run.
2. I flow.

Etymology 3

From Latin cūrō. Compare archaic/regional Daco-Romanian cura, cur.

Alternative forms

• curu

Verb

cur (past participle curatã)

1. I clean.

Related terms

• curare/curari
• curat

---

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin carus.

Adjective

cur m (feminine cuora)

1. dear, beloved

Etymology 2

From Latin cor. Compare Italian cuore, French coeur, Old Portuguese cor, Old Spanish cuer.

Noun

cur

1. heart

---

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kʊɾˠ]

Noun

cur m (genitive as substantive cuir, genitive as verbal noun curtha)

1. sowing
2. Verbal noun of cuir.

Declension

As substantive

Declension of cur

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cur Vocative a chuir Genitive cuir Dative cur

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cur Genitive an chuir Dative leis an gcur don chur

As verbal noun

Declension of cur

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cur Vocative a chur Genitive curtha Dative cur

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cur Genitive an churtha Dative leis an gcur don chur

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cur	chur	gcur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

---

Latin

Alternative forms

• (older orthography) quōr, quur
• (sometimes, rare) cor

Etymology

From cui + rei meaning "thing".

Adverb

cūr

1. why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive

   Cur in terra iaces?

   Why are you lying on the ground?

   Duae causae sunt, cur tu frequentior in isto officio esse debeas quam nos?

   Non fuit causa, cur?

   Causa non esset, cur?

   Causa nulla est, cur?

   Nihil est causae, cur?

   Quae causa est, cur?

   Quid est causae, cur?

   Negare et adferre rationem cur negarent?

Derived terms

• cūr nōn?

---

Lojban

Rafsi

cur

1. rafsi of curnu.

---

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cuirid, from older fo·ceird, do·cuirethar.

Verb

cur

1. to put

   Cur y muc shen magh hoshiaght.

   Put that pig out first.

Derived terms

• cur ayns kishtey (“box, crate”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cur	chur	gur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

---

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Latin culus

Noun

cur

1. (slang, referring to the anus) asshole

---

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin culus. Compare Italian culo, French cul.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kur/

Noun

cur n (plural cururi)

1. (slang, vulgar, referring to the anus) asshole

   O să-mi bag pula în curul tău.

Declension

declension of cur

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un cur	curul	niște cururi	cururile
genitive/dative	unui cur	curului	unor cururi	cururilor

Synonyms

• anus
• dos
• fund
• popou
• șezut

Derived terms

• curist

---

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cur m (genitive cuir, no plural)

1. Verbal noun of cuir.

Derived terms

• ath-chur