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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kare
"점심으로 감자 카레를 먹었습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dish of meat, vegetables, or fruit cooked in a sauce heavily spiced with turmeric, cumin, coriander, and chili.
"She prepared a rich vegetable curry served alongside freshly steamed basmati rice."
- 1
To cook food in or with a curry sauce, or to groom a horse with a currycomb.
"He spent the morning brushing and currying his horse before the riding event."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Tamil word 'karī' meaning sauce or relish made with vegetables or meat. It entered the English language in the late 17th century through British colonial presence in South Asia, eventually generalizing to describe a broad variety of heavily spiced dishes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Curry" is said worldwide
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curry
Transliteration: /ky.ʁi/
"Le curry de poulet est un plat très populaire."
Curry
Transliteration: /ˈkœʁi/
"Dieses Curry schmeckt besonders scharf."
curry
Transliteration: /ˈkur.ri/
"Ho ordinato un delizioso curry di verdure."
curri
Transliteration: /ˈku.ri/
"El pollo al curri es mi comida favorita."
caril
Transliteration: /kaˈɾiɫ/
"O caril de frango estava delicioso."
करी
Transliteration: karī
"मुझे मसालेदार करी बहुत पसंद है।"
咖喱
Transliteration: gālí
"我今天晚饭吃了牛肉咖喱。"
카레
Transliteration: kare
"점심으로 감자 카레를 먹었습니다."
カレー
Transliteration: karē
"日本のカレーはとても美味しいです。"
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