# curry
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: kŭrʹē, IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.i/
* (US) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.i/, /ˈkɝ.i/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌɹi

### Etymology 1

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”) (from which 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.

#### Alternative forms

* currey (obsolete)
* currie (archaic)

#### Noun

curry (countable and uncountable, plural curries)
* One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
    Synonym: (rhyming slang) Ruby Murray
* A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
* Curry powder.
    Synonym: curry powder
* (incel slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian heritage.
** 2020, Anthony Glyn Burton, "'I would do anything to not call this place home': The black pill, involuntary celibacy, and the neoliberal male grasp in digital incel communities", thesis submitted to Ryerson University & York University, pages 92-93:
    […] 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.”
** 2020, Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don’t Understand... It’s Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton, pages 29-30:
    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.”
** 2024, anonymous, quoted in Václav Báča, "Hierarchy at the Bottom of the Hierarchy: Involuntary Celibates, Identity, and Race", thesis submitted to Charles University, page 40:
    People get mixed up by thinking race is #1 because girls aren't going for asians and curries.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:curry.
* (piracy slang) Someone who begs for an invite for private trackers on /ptg/(private tracker general) of 4chan.

##### Derived terms

* curry bread
* currycel
* curry chip
* currycomb
* curry house
* curry leaf
* curryless
* currylike
* Curry Mile
* curry muncher
* curry-muncher
* curry nigger
* curry paste
* curry plant
* curry powder
* curry puff
* curry roux
* curry stuff
* curry tree
* currywhore
* currywurst
* cuzza
* give curry
* give someone curry
* retort curry

##### Descendants

* → Chinese: 咖哩
* → Czech: kari
* → Danish: karry
** → Icelandic: karrí
* → Dutch: kerrie
* → Irish: curaí
* → Japanese: カレー (karē)
** → Korean: 카레 (kare)
** → Marshallese: kare
* → Korean: 커리 (keori)
* → Scottish Gaelic: coiridh
* → Russian: ка́рри (kárri)
* → Slovak: karí
* → Swedish: kurry
* → Turkish: köri
* → Vietnamese: cà ri

##### See also

* balti
* bhaji
* bhuna
* biryani
* chilli
* chutney
* dhansak
* dopiaza
* garam masala
* herb
* jalfrezi
* karahi
* korma
* madras
* makhani, makhonee
* moglai, moghlai
* Mughlai
* naan
* pakora
* papadum, poppadum
* paratha
* pasanda
* phall
* piccalilli
* rogan josh
* samosa
* spice
* tandoor
* tandoori
* tikka masala
* vindaloo

#### Verb

curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
* (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English currayen, from Old French correer (“to prepare”), presumably from Vulgar Latin *conredare, from Latin com- (a form of con- (“with; together”)) + a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *raidaz. More at ready.

#### Verb

curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
* (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
** 1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:Your short horse is soon curried.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.
* (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
* (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
** c. 1619–1621, John Fletcher, “The Island Princesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:I have seen him curry a fellow's carcase handsomely.
** 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:[…] By setting brother against brother / To claw and curry one another.
* (transitive, figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
** 2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice‎, archived from the original on 2014-09-03:A middle-aged woman waves and calls to her, as if she, like the hungry reporters, were currying the girl's favor: Florence Aadland (Sarandon, in a wily, multilayered performance), Beverly's mother, wears an expression of maternal concern, though her self-serving motives become increasingly clear.

##### Usage notes

* The sense to win or gain favor is most frequently used in the phrases to curry favor (with) and to curry [someone's] favor.

##### Derived terms

* curry favor

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Etymology 3

Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry.

#### Verb

curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
* (transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
** 2011, Zachary Kessin, Programming HTML5 Applications: Building Powerful Cross-Platform Environments in JavaScript, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 21:The easiest way to curry parameters is to create a function that takes a parameter block and returns a function that will call the original function with the presupplied parameters as defaults […] .
** 2015, Leonardo Borges, Clojure Reactive Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 194:Next, we curry the avg function to 3 arguments and put it into an option.

##### Derived terms

* uncurry

##### Translations
### Etymology 4

Possibly derived from currier, a common 16th- to 18th-century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.

#### Verb

curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
* (intransitive, obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily
* (transitive, obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
** 1608, George Chapman, The Conspiracie, and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron, section 2.245:I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.
** 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
    All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.
* (transitive, obsolete) To hurry.
** 1676, Andrew Marvell, Mr. Smirke, section 34:A sermon is soon curryed over.

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

curry (plural curries)
* Obsolete form of quarry.

### Further reading

* curry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “curry”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### References

* ↑ Hannah Glasse, Glasse’s Art of Cookery, 1747
* 1 2 “The Origins of ‘Curry’ (Is it really English?)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2010 October 8 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 September 2011

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuri/ [ku.ri]
* Rhymes: -uri, -i

### Noun

curry inan
* curry powder
* curry dish

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “curry”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English curry.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʏ.ri/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: cur‧ry
* Rhymes: -ʏri

### Noun

curry m (plural curry's, diminutive curry'tje n)
* the spicy condiment curry powder
    Synonyms: kerrie, kerriepoeder
* a curry dish
    Synonym: kerrieschotel
* curry ketchup
    Synonym: curryketchup

#### Derived terms

* curryketchup
* currypoeder
* curryschotel
* curryworst

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* karri

### Etymology

Borrowed from English curry, itself from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑrːi/, [ˈkɑ̝rːi]
* Rhymes: -ɑrːi
* Hyphenation: cur‧ry

### Noun

curry
* curry, curry powder (south Asian spice mix)
* curry (a dish made using this spice mixture)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of curry (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
curryni
curryni
accusative
nom.
curryni
curryni
gen.
curryni
genitive
curryni
curryjeni
partitive
curryani
curryjani
inessive
curryssani
curryissani
elative
currystani
curryistani
illative
curryyni
curryihini
adessive
curryllani
curryillani
ablative
curryltani
curryiltani
allative
currylleni
curryilleni
essive
currynani
curryinani
translative
currykseni
curryikseni
abessive
curryttani
curryittani
instructive
comitative
—curryineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
currysi
currysi
accusative
nom.
currysi
currysi
gen.
currysi
genitive
currysi
curryjesi
partitive
curryasi
curryjasi
inessive
curryssasi
curryissasi
elative
currystasi
curryistasi
illative
curryysi
curryihisi
adessive
curryllasi
curryillasi
ablative
curryltasi
curryiltasi
allative
curryllesi
curryillesi
essive
currynasi
curryinasi
translative
curryksesi
curryiksesi
abessive
curryttasi
curryittasi
instructive
comitative
—curryinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
currymme
currymme
accusative
nom.
currymme
currymme
gen.
currymme
genitive
currymme
curryjemme
partitive
curryamme
curryjamme
inessive
curryssamme
curryissamme
elative
currystamme
curryistamme
illative
curryymme
curryihimme
adessive
curryllamme
curryillamme
ablative
curryltamme
curryiltamme
allative
curryllemme
curryillemme
essive
currynamme
curryinamme
translative
curryksemme
curryiksemme
abessive
curryttamme
curryittamme
instructive
comitative
—curryinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
currynne
currynne
accusative
nom.
currynne
currynne
gen.
currynne
genitive
currynne
curryjenne
partitive
curryanne
curryjanne
inessive
curryssanne
curryissanne
elative
currystanne
curryistanne
illative
curryynne
curryihinne
adessive
curryllanne
curryillanne
ablative
curryltanne
curryiltanne
allative
curryllenne
curryillenne
essive
currynanne
curryinanne
translative
curryksenne
curryiksenne
abessive
curryttanne
curryittanne
instructive
comitative
—curryinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
currynsa
currynsa
accusative
nom.
currynsa
currynsa
gen.
currynsa
genitive
currynsa
curryjensa
partitive
curryaan curryansa
curryjaan curryjansa
inessive
curryssaan curryssansa
curryissaan curryissansa
elative
currystaan currystansa
curryistaan curryistansa
illative
curryynsa
curryihinsa
adessive
curryllaan curryllansa
curryillaan curryillansa
ablative
curryltaan curryltansa
curryiltaan curryiltansa
allative
currylleen curryllensa
curryilleen curryillensa
essive
currynaan currynansa
curryinaan curryinansa
translative
currykseen curryksensa
curryikseen curryiksensa
abessive
curryttaan curryttansa
curryittaan curryittansa
instructive
comitative
—curryineen curryinensa :

#### Derived terms

* currykana
* currykastike
* currypata
* currytahna
* kookoscurrykastike

### Further reading

* “curry”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed into Middle French from multiple sources including English curry, all ultimately derived from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.ʁi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

curry m (plural currys)
* curry
    Synonym: cari

### Further reading

* “curry”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curry.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛr.ri/, /ˈkar.ri/
* Rhymes: -ɛrri, -arri

### Noun

curry m (invariable)
* curry; curry powder

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.rɘ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arɘ
* Syllabification: cu‧rry
* Homophone: kary

### Noun

curry n (indeclinable)
* curry (dish)
* curry powder

### Further reading

* curry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* curry in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɐ.ɾi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɐ.ɾi/

### Noun

curry m (uncountable)
* (Brazil) curry powder (mixture of spices used in Asian cooking)
    Synonym: caril
* (Brazil) curry (dish made with curry powder)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French curry, from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi).

### Noun

curry m (uncountable)
* curry powder (mixture of spices)
* curry (dish)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* curri

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curry.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuri/ [ˈku.ri]
* Rhymes: -uri
* Syllabification: cu‧rry

### Noun

curry m (plural currys)
* curry

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “curry”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

curry c (uncountable)
* curry powder

#### Derived terms

* currypasta (“curry paste”)

### References

* curry in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* curry in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* curry in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)