cur

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Noun

cur (plural curs)

1. (archaic) A mongrel or inferior dog.
2. (archaic) A detestable person.

Translations

mongrel, dog

Bulgarian: пес (bg) m., помияр (bg) 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. 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.

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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

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Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin culus.

Noun

cur

1. (slang, referring to the anus) ass

Etymology 2

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

Verb

cur

1. to flow

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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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kʊɾˠ]

Noun

cur m.

1. sowing

Declension

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

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.

Verb form

cur m. (genitive curtha)

1. Verbal noun of cuir.

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.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (older orthography) quōr
• (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?

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Manx

Verb

cur

1. To put.

   Cur y muc shen magh hoshiaght. = Put that pig out first.

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Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Latin culus

Noun

cur

1. (slang, referring to the anus) asshole

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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

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cur m. (genitive cuir, no plural)

1. Verbal noun of cuir.

Derived terms

• ath-chur