curry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun

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• enPR: kŭrʹē, IPA: /ˈkʌri/, SAMPA: /"kVri/
• Rhymes: -ʌri

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From Tamil கறி (kari)

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Wikipedia

curry (plural curries)

1. A sauce or relish whose principal flavoring is curry powder.
2. Any dish, especially a stew, flavored with curry powder.
3. (US) Curry powder

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• (dish): Ruby Murray (rhyming slang)
• (curry powder): curry powder

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• curry paste
• curry powder
• give someone curry

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to curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)

1. (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.

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From Old English currayen, from Old French correer 'to prepare', presumably from Vulgar Latin conredare, from com- (a form of con- 'together') + some Germanic base verb

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to curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)

1. (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb
2. (transitive) To dress leather after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring
3. (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub
4. (transitive) To try to win or gain favour by flattering.

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The sense "To win or gain favour" is most frequently used in the phrases "to curry favour (with)" and "to curry [someone's] favour",

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• curry favor

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From Haskell Curry, a famous computer scientist

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to curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)

1. (computing) (transitive) To perform currying upon.

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From English curry, cfr. supra

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curry (plural curry's, diminutive currietje, diminutive plural currietjes)

1. The spicy condiment curry powder
2. A curry dish

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• kerrie, kerriepoeder n.
• (dish) kerrieschotel m.

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• currypoeder n.
• curryschotel m.
• curryworst m. and f.

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curry

1. A curry

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Declension of curry (type valo) singular plural nominative curry curryt genitive curryn curryjen partitive currya curryja accusative curry curryn curryt inessive curryssa curryissa elative currysta curryista illative curryyn curryihin adessive currylla curryilla ablative currylta curryilta allative currylle curryille essive curryna curryina translative curryksi curryiksi instructive – curryin abessive currytta curryitta comitative – curryineen

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English curry

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• IPA: /kyʁi/

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curry m. (plural currys)

1. A curry

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curry m. inv.

1. curry; curry powder

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Declination for curry	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	curry	curryn
Possessive form	currys	curryns

curry c.

1. A curry; curry powder