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Curie

Curie

See also: curie

English

Proper noun

Curie

  1. A surname, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.

French

Proper noun

Curie m, f

  1. A surname, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.

curie

curie

See also: Curie

English

Noun

curie (plural curies)

  1. 3.7×1010decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ky.ʁi/

Etymology 1

Latin curia

Noun

curie f (plural curies)

  1. curia (all meanings)

Etymology 2

Named after Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906), physicist.

Noun

curie m (plural curies)

  1. curie

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Italian

Noun

curie f

  1. plural of curia

Noun

curie m (invariable)

  1. curie (unit of measure)