cure

See also curé

English

Etymology

From Old French, cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kjʊə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /kjʊɹ/, /kjɔɹ/, /kjɝ/

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Noun

cure (plural cures)

1. a method, device or medication that restores good health
2. a solution to a problem
3. a process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
4. (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
5. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy
   • (Can we date this quote?) Spelman:

     The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners.

Translations

a method, device or medication that restores good health

Bulgarian: лечение (bg) n., лекарство (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 治療 (cmn), 治疗 (cmn) (zhìliáo) Dutch: remedie (nl) f. Finnish: parannus (fi), hoito (fi) French: traitement (fr) m. German: Heilung (de) f. Greek: θεραπεία (el) f. Hebrew: מַרְפֵּא (he) (marpé) m. Italian: cura (it) f.

Japanese: 治療 (ja) (ちりょう, chiryō) Korean: 치료 (ko) (chiryo) (治療 (ko)) Latin: remedium (la) n. Old English: bōt (ang) Portuguese: cura (pt) f. Romanian: tratament (ro) Russian: лечение (ru) (lečénije) n. Spanish: cura f., curación f. Swedish: kur (sv) c. Turkish: tedavi (tr), kür (tr)

a process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering

Bulgarian: вулканизация (bg) f.

Verb

cure (third-person singular simple present cures, present participle curing, simple past and past participle cured)

1. to restore to good health; to relieve from a disease or its ill effects
2. to preserve a food or other product such as tobacco

Synonyms

• (restore to good health): heal

Translations

to restore to good health

Bulgarian: излекувам (bg), изцерявам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 治療 (cmn), 治疗 (cmn) (zhìliáo) Dutch: genezen (nl) Finnish: parantaa (fi), hoitaa (fi) French: traiter (fr), guérir (fr) German: kurieren Greek: θεραπεύω (el) Hebrew: ריפא (he) (ripé)

Italian: curare (it) Lao: ແກ້ (keeh) Latin: sānāre (la) Portuguese: curar, curar-se Romanian: vindeca (ro), însănătoși (ro), tămădui (ro) Russian: лечить (ru) (lečít') impf., вылечить (ru) (výlečit') pf. Spanish: curar (es) Swedish: bota (sv), kurera (sv) Turkish: tedavi etmek (tr), iyileştirmek (tr)

to preserve a food or other product

Bulgarian: консервирам (bg) German: haltbar machen (de), trocknen (de), räuchern (de), pökeln (de)

Scottish Gaelic: saill (gd)

Related terms

• cured meat

Related terms

• curative

Anagrams

• ecru

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French

Etymology

Latin cura.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kyʁ/

Noun

cure f. (plural cures)

1. (archaic) care, concern
2. (obsolete) healing, recovery
3. (medicine) treatment; cure
4. (religion) vicarage, presbytery

Verb

cure

1. first-person singular present indicative of curer
2. third-person singular present indicative of curer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of curer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of curer
5. second-person singular imperative of curer

Anagrams

• crue, crûe, écru, reçu

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Galician

Verb

cure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of curar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of curar

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Italian

Noun

cure f.

1. Plural form of cura.

Anagrams

• ecru

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō. Mostly replaced by the modified variant form curge.

Verb

a cure (third-person singular present cure, past participle curs) 3rd conj.

1. (archaic) to run
2. (archaic) to flow
3. (archaic) to drain

Synonyms

• (to run): alerga, fugi
• (to flow): curge
• (to drain): scurge

Related terms

• curge
• curând
• curs
• cursură
• încura
• scure

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Spanish

Verb

cure (infinitive curar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of curar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of curar.