curé

See also: cure, curê, curë, and Cure

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ʁe/

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Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin cūrātus.

Noun

curé m (plural curés)

1. priest bearing the responsibility of a parish
2. a vicar (Church of England)

Derived terms

• temps de curé

Etymology 2

From Latin cūrātus.

Participle

curé (feminine curée, masculine plural curés, feminine plural curées)

1. past participle of curer

Further reading

• “curé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• crue, crûe, écru, reçu

Kariri

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾe/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: cu‧ré

Noun

curé (unpossessable) (Kipeá)

1. (hapax legomenon) pig
   • 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 107:

     Dó benhé cuná kenkíché dó ſabucá bohó, dó cradzó bohó, dó carneirú bohó, dó curé bohó dó cabarú bohó diſácrírí ſembohó crobihé batí […]

     May be counted by us our new livestock whether chickens, or cattle, or sheep, or pigs, or horses, that were born in a year […]

Spanish

Verb

curé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of curar