curry

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Title page of 1390 Forme of Cury

1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English[1][2]), from Tamil கறி (kari), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”),[2] from French cuire (“to cook”) (from which also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō.

Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.

[edit] Noun

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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. Curry powder
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[edit] Translations
sauce or relish flavored with curry powder
dish made with curry powder
curry powder — see curry powder
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[edit] See also
Related Indian dishes

[edit] Verb

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.
[edit] Translations
to cook or season with curry

[edit] Etymology 2

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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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.
[edit] Usage notes

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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to groom a horse
to dress leather
to beat or thrash
curry favor — see curry favor
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[edit] Etymology 3

From Haskell Curry, a computer scientist

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

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

[edit] Etymology 4

Possibly derived from currier, a common 16-18th century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
    • 1608: George Chapman, The Conspiracie, and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron 2.245
      I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.
    • 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
      All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To hurry.
    • 1676: Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke 34
      A sermon is soon curryed over.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hannah Glasse, Glasse’s Art of Cookery, 1747
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Origins of ‘Curry’ (Is it really English?)

[edit] Dutch

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From English curry.

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curry m. (plural curry's, diminutive currietje)

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

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[edit] Finnish

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curry

  1. A curry

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] French

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English curry

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[edit] Noun

curry m. (plural currys)

  1. A curry

[edit] Italian

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curry m. inv.

  1. curry; curry powder

[edit] Romanian

curry

[edit] Noun

curry

  1. curry powder (mixture of spices)


This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at curry powder. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see curry in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) February 2010

[edit] Spanish

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curry m. (usually uncountable)

  1. curry

[edit] Swedish

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Declension of curry
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative curry curryn
genitive currys curryns

curry c.

  1. A curry; curry powder
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