curry
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauceOne of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
» Tom likes hot curry.
Tom mag scharfes Curry. — kolonjano
Том любит острое карри. — sharptoothed
Том любить гостре карі. — deniko
Тому подобається гостре карі. — deniko
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
beef curry
vegetarian curry
Curry
ка́рриkárri
(countable, uncountable)A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
Currysoße, Curry
ка́рриkárri
ка́ріkári
(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
(countable, uncountable)Curry powder.
(countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable)A person of South Asian heritage.
Examples
104 sentencesTom likes hot curry.
Том любить гостре карі. — deniko
ruТом любит острое карри. — sharptoothed
deTom mag scharfes Curry. — kolonjano
Do you like fish curry?
Ти любиш рибні карі? — deniko
I ate curry rice last night.
deIch aß letzte Nacht Curryreis. — bonny37
The curry at this restaurant is good.
deDas Curry in diesem Restaurant ist gut. — bonny37
This curry is too hot to eat.
deDas Curry ist zu scharf; das kann ich nicht essen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), i1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.
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Forms
plural: curriesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
47 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- eat curry rice
- curry rice
- ate curry