curry
pronunciation
How to pronounce curry in British English:
UK [ˈkʌri]
How to pronounce curry in American English:
US [ˈkɜri]
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- Noun:
- (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
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- Verb:
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat
- give a neat appearance to
Word Origin
- curry
- curry: Of the two English words curry, the older, ‘groom a horse’ [13], is now almost forgotten except in the compound currycomb and the phrase curry favour. It comes, via Old French correier, from Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre ‘arrange, prepare, get ready’, which seems to have been an adaptation and partial translation of a prehistoric Germanic verb *garǣthjan, a derivative of the base which produced English ready.The expression curry favour is a partial translation of Old French estriller favel or torcher favel, literally ‘groom a chestnut horse’, which, for reasons that are not known, was used as a metaphor for hypocritical behaviour; the word favel, unfamiliar to English speakers, was replaced with the semantically appropriate favour. Curry ‘spiced dish’ [16] was borrowed from Tamil kari ‘sauce’.=> ready
- curry (v.)
- late 13c., "to rub down a horse," from Anglo-French curreier "to curry-comb a horse," from Old French correier "put in order, prepare, curry," from con-, intensive prefix (see com-), + reier "arrange," from a Germanic source (see ready). Related: Curried; currying.
- curry (n.)
- the spice, 1680s, from Tamil kari "sauce, relish for rice."
Example
- 1. I think it was an indian curry , tomato-based .
- 2. Turmeric , the spice that gives curry powder its yellow hue , is used in indian medicine to stimulate the appetite and as a digestive aid .
- 3. The curry industry is facing a serious threat .
- 4. Is every curry laced with peanut oil ?
- 5. Curry powder is an american invention .