Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curie

/ˈkjʊə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: curie
IPA: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

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

noun

Acronym of compact URI expression.

Example Sentences

"By using safe CURIE notation, where the CURIE is surrounded by square brackets ([ or ]), an RDFa parser can interpret the proper type of URI used."

Etymology

Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: curie

Inflected Forms

curies (plural)

Derived Forms

curietherapy kilocurie megacurie microcurie millicurie multicurie nanocurie picocurie curate curie curite curium

Phrases

Curie-Weiss law

Synonyms

ci

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce curie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkjʊə.ɹi/.
What does curie mean?: 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
Where does curie come from?: It is traced to French.

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