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5-letter words (1 found)

CURIO,

4-letter words (3 found)

COIR,COUR,URIC,

3-letter words (7 found)

COR,CRU,CUR,ORC,OUR,ROC,RUC,

2-letter words (5 found)

IO,OI,OR,OU,UR,

You can make 16 words from curio according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of curio

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Definitions and meaning of curio

curio

Etymology

Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɜːɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɔːɹiˌəʊ̯/

Noun

curio (plural curios)

  1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

Related terms

  • curiosity
  • curious

Translations

See also

See also: Thesaurus:trinket.

References

Anagrams

  • Cú Roí

Galician

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

  1. curium

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -urjo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧rio

Noun

curio m (plural curi)

  1. (chemistry) curium

Anagrams

  • cuori, urico

Latin

Etymology 1

From cūria (curia) +‎ (suffix forming masculine nouns).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.ri.oː/, [ˈkuːrioː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ri.o/, [ˈkuːrio]

Noun

cūriō m (genitive cūriōnis); third declension

  1. the priest of a curia
  2. a herald
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • cūriōnātus
  • cūriōnius

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ri.oː/, [ˈkʊrioː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ri.o/, [ˈkuːrio]

Noun

curiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of curium

References

  • curio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • curio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • curio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • curio”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • curio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾjo/ [ˈku.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -uɾjo
  • Syllabification: cu‧rio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English curium, after Pierre and Marie Curie + -io.

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

  1. curium
See also
  • curio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English curie or French curie, named after Pierre and Marie Curie.

Alternative forms

  • curie (obsolete)

Noun

curio m (plural curios)

  1. curie

Further reading

  • “curio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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