curry
/ˈkʌ.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.96 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "beef curry"
- "vegetarian curry"
- "navy curry"
- "Yokosuka curry"
- "[…] while another tells us that white women “are also THE most racist group of foids. they would rather put a bullet through their brain than date a curry or sandcel.”"
- "For example, spicycurry says, “STOP THE COPE NOW. The only ones who should be complaining about race are us curries who are literally at the bottom of the pile.”"
Etymology
1747 (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. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: கறி, cury, cuyre, cocere, coquō, currayen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkʌ.ɹi/
- British English: /ˈkʌ.ɹi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.