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Webster 1913 Edition

Curry

Cur′ry

(k?r′r?)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Curried
(-r?d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Currying
.]
[OE.
curraien
,
curreien
, OF.
cunreer
,
correier
, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F.
corroyer
to curry (leather) (cf. OF.
conrei
,
conroi
, order, arrangement, LL.
conredium
);
cor-
(L.
com-
) +
roi
,
rei
, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E.
ready
. See
Ready
,
Greith
, and cf.
Corody
,
Array
.]
1.
To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; – said of leather.
2.
To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.
Your short horse is soon
curried
.
Beau. & FL.
3.
To beat or bruise; to drub; – said of persons.
I have seen him
curry
a fellow’s carcass handsomely.
Beau. & FL.
To curry favor
,
to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See
Favor
,
Noun.

Cur′ry

,
Noun.
[Tamil
kari
.]
[Written also
currie
.]
1.
(Cookery)
A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
2.
A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
Curry powder
(Cookery)
,
a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

Cur′ry

(k?r′r?)
,
Verb.
T.
To flavor or cook with curry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Curry

CURRY

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to scrape; scrape, from cutting.]
1.
To dress leather, after it is tanned; to soak, pare or scrape, cleanse, beat and color tanned hides, and prepare them for use.
2.
To rub and clean with a comb; as, to curry a horse.
3.
To scratch or claw; to tear, in quarrels.
By setting brother against brother, to claw and curry one another.
4.
To rub or stroke; to make smooth; to tickle by flattery; to humor. But generally used in the phrase,
To curry favor, to seek or gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. [Not elegant.]

Definition 2024

Curry

Curry

See also: curry

English

Proper noun

Curry

  1. A family name of Irish origin, from Ó Comhraidhe

German

Curry

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœʁi/

Noun

Curry n ‎(genitive Currys, plural Currys)

  1. curry (sauce or relish flavored with curry powder)
  2. curry powder

Derived terms

curry

curry

See also: Curry

English

The title page of a 1780 reprint of the 1390 work Forme of Cury
Fish head curry, a popular dish in Singapore

Noun

curry ‎(plural curries)

  1. One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
  2. A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.
  3. Curry powder
Synonyms
Derived terms


Translations
See also

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.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English currayen, from Old French correer 'to prepare', presumably from Vulgar Latin conredare, from com- (a form of con- 'together') + some Germanic base verb

Verb

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.
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".

Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Haskell Curry, a computer scientist

Verb

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

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

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.

Verb

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.

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English curry.

Noun

curry m ‎(plural curry's, diminutive curry'tje n)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

curry

  1. south Asian spice mix, curry powder, curry paste
  2. a dish made using this spice mixture, curry (dish)

Declension

Inflection of curry (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative curry curryt
genitive curryn curryjen
partitive currya curryja
illative curryyn curryihin
singular plural
nominative curry curryt
accusative nom. curry curryt
gen. curryn
genitive curryn curryjen
partitive currya curryja
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

Synonyms

French

Etymology

English curry

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyʁi/

Noun

curry m ‎(plural currys)

  1. A curry

Italian

Noun

curry m ‎(invariable)

  1. curry; curry powder

Portuguese

Noun

curry m (uncountable)

  1. curry powder (mixture of spices used in Asian cooking)
  2. curry (dish made with curry powder)

Romanian

curry

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

Spanish

Noun

curry m ‎(uncountable)

  1. curry

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

curry c ‎(uncountable)

  1. A curry
  2. curry powder

Declension

Etymology

1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English[1][2]), from Tamil கறி ‎(kaṟi), 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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: kŭrʹē, IPA(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹi/, IPA(key): /kɜ.ɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ʌri

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