Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curator

/kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: cu-ra-tor
IPA: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

noun

One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.

noun

A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.

noun

A person or entity who controls, manages, or oversees another.

noun

A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.

Example Sentences

"The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in."
"Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."

Etymology

From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cūrātor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/
British English: /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

curators (plural) curatour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

biocurator cocurator curatorial curatorium curatorship curatory curatress curatrix subcurator

Frequently Paired Words

curate curated curative cure custodian keeper manager overseer

Synonyms

conservator

Rhymes With

later greater creator traitor translator dictator waiter cater crater slater skater equator

Questions

How do you pronounce curator?: The recorded pronunciation is /kjʊəˈɹeɪtɚ/.
What does curator mean?: A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
Where does curator come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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