🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cura

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈku.ra

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cure/kjʊr/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il medico ha prescritto una nuova cura per la malattia."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A means of healing or restoring health.

    "The doctor prescribed a new cure for the illness."
As verb
  1. 1

    To relieve a person or animal of the symptoms of a disease or condition.

    "The new medication can cure the infection within a week."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'cure' originates from the Latin 'cura', meaning 'care' or 'treatment', which evolved through Old French 'curer' before entering Middle English. The meaning has shifted from simply 'care' to specifically denote the act of healing or remedying an ailment.

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