curaçao
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch, named after the island Curaçao, one of the Dutch Antilles, itself named after the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese word curação (“medical cure”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin curatio (“cure”), from curare (“to cure”), from cura (“care, cure”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
curaçao (countable and uncountable, plural curaçaos)
Translations
liqueur
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch, named after the island Curaçao, one of the Dutch Antilles, itself named after the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese word curação (“medical cure”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin curatio (“cure”), from curare (“to cure”), from cura (“care, cure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
curaçao m (plural curaçaos)
Further reading
- “curaçao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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