cure

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• British, Southern, Standard: /kjɵː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kjoː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kjʉwə/
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• Canada, General-American: kyo͝or
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• Canada, General-American: kyûr
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• Canada, General-American: /kjʊɹ/
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• Ireland: /kjuːɹ/
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• Norfolk: /kɜː/
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* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McClure. Also compare McIver. * As an English surname, from the noun cure.

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.

From curiosity.

From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal.

315 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شِفَاء (šifāʔ) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Arabic: علاج (ʔelāg) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Arabic: ثرابي (ṯerābi) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Armenian: բուժում (bužum) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Armenian: բժշկում (bžškum) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Armenian: դեղ (deġ) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Armenian: դեղամիջոց (deġamiǰocʻ) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bashkir: дауа (dawa) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bengali: ওষুধ (ōśudh) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bengali: ঔষধ (ōuśodh) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bengali: দাওয়াই (daōẇai) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bengali: এলাজ (elaj) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bengali: শাফা (śapha) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bulgarian: лече́ние (lečénie) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Bulgarian: лека́рство (lekárstvo) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Chinese Mandarin: 治療 /治疗 (zhìliáo) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Czech: léčba — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Czech: lék — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Dutch: remedie — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Esperanto: kuraco — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Estonian: ravi — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Estonian: kuur — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Finnish: hoito — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Finnish: lääkekuuri — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Finnish: kuuri — method, device or medication that restores good health
• French: traitement — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Georgian: მკურნალობა (mḳurnaloba) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Georgian: წამალი (c̣amali) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• German: Heilung — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Greek: θεραπεία (therapeía) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Ancient Greek: ἴασις (íasis) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hebrew: מַרְפֵּא (marpé) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hindi: उपचार (upcār) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hungarian: gyógymód — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hungarian: kezelés — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hungarian: kúra — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Hungarian: gyógyír — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Irish: leigheas — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Italian: cura — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Japanese: 治療 (chiryō) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Korean: 치료 (chiryo) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Latin: remedium — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Māori: rongoā — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Norman: dgéthithon — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Old English: hǣlu — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Persian: درمان (darmân) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Portuguese: cura — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Romagnol: cùra — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Romanian: tratament — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Romanian: leac — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Russian: лече́ние (lečénije) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Russian: лека́рство (lekárstvo) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Spanish: cura — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Spanish: curación — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Spanish: remedio — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Swedish: kur — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Tagalog: lunas — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Tagalog: gamot — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Turkish: tedavi — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Turkish: (method, device - kür) kür — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Turkish: ilaç — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Turkish: deva — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Ottoman Turkish: چاره (çare) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Ottoman Turkish: علاج (ʿilac) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Ottoman Turkish: درمان (derman) — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Welsh: iachâd — method, device or medication that restores good health
• Finnish: parantaminen — act of healing or state of being healed
• Finnish: hoito — act of healing or state of being healed
• French: guérison — act of healing or state of being healed
• Hindi: उपचार (upcār) — act of healing or state of being healed
• Kashmiri: بٔلرَن (bạlran) — act of healing or state of being healed
• Hungarian: gyógyítás — act of healing or state of being healed
• Hungarian: gyógyulás — act of healing or state of being healed
• Portuguese: cura — act of healing or state of being healed
• Portuguese: recuperação — act of healing or state of being healed
• Portuguese: convalescença — act of healing or state of being healed
• Turkish: şifa — act of healing or state of being healed
• Finnish: ratkaisu — solution to a problem
• Finnish: hoito — solution to a problem
• Hindi: उपाय (upāy) — solution to a problem
• Hindi: समाधान (samādhān) — solution to a problem
• Hungarian: gyógymód — solution to a problem
• Hungarian: gyógyír — solution to a problem
• Portuguese: cura — solution to a problem
• Portuguese: remédio — solution to a problem
• Ottoman Turkish: چاره (çare) — solution to a problem
• Finnish: säilöntä — process of preservation
• Finnish: kypsytys — process of preservation
• German: Pökelung — process of preservation
• Hungarian: füstölés — process of preservation
• Hungarian: pácolás — process of preservation
• Hungarian: sózás — process of preservation
• Māori: wāmu — process of preservation
• Māori: whakapaoa — process of preservation
• Māori: whakatotenga — process of preservation
• Polish: peklowanie — process of preservation
• Spanish: curado — process of preservation
• Finnish: kovettuminen — process of solidification or gelling
• Finnish: jähmettyminen — process of solidification or gelling
• Finnish: hyytelöityminen — process of solidification or gelling
• French: durcissement — process of solidification or gelling
• French: prise — process of solidification or gelling
• Bulgarian: вулканиза́ция (vulkanizácija) — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Finnish: kovettuminen — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Finnish: kuivuminen — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Italian: reticolazione — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Italian: vulcanizzazione — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Polish: wulkanizacja — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Russian: вулканиза́ция (vulkanizácija) — process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering
• Albanian: shëroj — to restore to health
• Albanian: kuroj — to restore to health
• Arabic: شَفَى (šafā) — to restore to health
• Armenian: բուժել (bužel) — to restore to health
• Armenian: բժշկել (bžškel) — to restore to health
• Belarusian: лячы́ць (ljačýcʹ) — to restore to health
• Belarusian: вы́лечыць (výlječycʹ) — to restore to health
• Bulgarian: леку́вам (lekúvam) — to restore to health
• Bulgarian: излеку́вам (izlekúvam) — to restore to health
• Bulgarian: церя́ (cerjá) — to restore to health
• Bulgarian: изцеря́вам (izcerjávam) — to restore to health
• Burmese: ကု (ku.) — to restore to health
• Burmese: ကုသ (ku.sa.) — to restore to health
• Catalan: curar — to restore to health
• Catalan: guarir — to restore to health
• Cherokee: ᎧᏅᏫᎠ (kanvwia) — to restore to health
• Chinese Mandarin: 治療 /治疗 (zhìliáo) — to restore to health
• Czech: léčit — to restore to health
• Czech: vyléčit — to restore to health
• Czech: uzdravit — to restore to health
• Dutch: genezen — to restore to health
• Dutch: helen — to restore to health
• Esperanto: kuraci — to restore to health
• Finnish: parantaa — to restore to health
• Finnish: hoitaa — to restore to health
• French: soigner — to restore to health
• French: guérir — to restore to health
• Galician: curar — to restore to health
• Galician: sandar — to restore to health
• Galician: saar — to restore to health
• Galician: sarar — to restore to health
• German: kurieren — to restore to health
• German: heilen — to restore to health
• Greek: θεραπεύω (therapévo) — to restore to health
• Ancient Greek: ἰάομαι (iáomai) — to restore to health
• Hebrew: ריפא \ רִפֵּא (ripé) — to restore to health
• Hindi: इलाज करना (ilāj karnā) — to restore to health
• Hindi: उपचार करना (upcār karnā) — to restore to health
• Hungarian: meggyógyít — to restore to health
• Hungarian: kigyógyít — to restore to health
• Hungarian: kikúrál — to restore to health
• Ido: risanigar — to restore to health
• Italian: curare — to restore to health
• Japanese: 治す (naosu) — to restore to health
• Japanese: 癒す (iyasu) — to restore to health
• Japanese: 治療する (chiryō suru) — to restore to health
• Khmer: បន្សះ (bɑɑbɑnsah) — to restore to health
• Khmer: ផ្សះ (phsah) — to restore to health
• Korean: 치료하다 (chiryohada) — to restore to health
• Korean: 고치다 (gochida) — to restore to health
• Ladino: melezinar — to restore to health
• Ladino: sanar — to restore to health
• Lao: ແກ້ (kǣ) — to restore to health
• Latin: sano — to restore to health
• Latin: medeor — to restore to health
• Latin: curo — to restore to health
• Latin: medico — to restore to health
• Luxembourgish: kuréieren — to restore to health
• Luxembourgish: heelen — to restore to health
• Macedonian: лечи (leči) — to restore to health
• Macedonian: излечи (izleči) — to restore to health
• Macedonian: лекува (lekuva) — to restore to health
• Macedonian: излекува (izlekuva) — to restore to health
• Manchu: ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠮᠪᡳ (dasambi) — to restore to health
• Māori: whakamahu — to restore to health
• Middle English: helen — to restore to health
• Middle English: warysshen — to restore to health
• Norman: dgéthi — to restore to health
• Norwegian Bokmål: helbrede — to restore to health
• Church Slavic: лѣчити (lěčiti) — to restore to health
• Old English: ġehǣlan — to restore to health
• Oromo: fayyisuu — to restore to health
• Polish: leczyć — to restore to health
• Polish: wyleczyć — to restore to health
• Polish: uzdrawiać — to restore to health
• Polish: uzdrowić — to restore to health
• Portuguese: curar — to restore to health
• Portuguese: sanar — to restore to health
• Quechua: hampiy — to restore to health
• Romanian: vindeca — to restore to health
• Romanian: însănătoși — to restore to health
• Romanian: tămădui — to restore to health
• Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ) — to restore to health
• Russian: вы́лечить (výlečitʹ) — to restore to health
• Russian: излечи́ть (izlečítʹ) — to restore to health
• Russian: исцеля́ть (isceljátʹ) — to restore to health
• Russian: исцели́ть (iscelítʹ) — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: ле́чити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: лије́чити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: изле́чити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: излије́чити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: це́лити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: исце́лити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: ције́лити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: исције́лити — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: исцељи́вати — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: исцјељи́вати — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: léčiti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: liječiti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: izléčiti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: izlijéčiti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: céliti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: iscéliti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: cijéliti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: iscijéliti — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: isceljívati — to restore to health
• Serbo-Croatian: iscjeljívati — to restore to health
• Slovak: liečiť — to restore to health
• Slovak: vyliečiť — to restore to health
• Slovene: zdraviti — to restore to health
• Slovene: ozdraviti — to restore to health
• Slovene: pozdraviti — to restore to health
• Spanish: curar — to restore to health
• Swedish: bota — to restore to health
• Swedish: kurera — to restore to health
• Thai: รักษา (rák-sǎa) — to restore to health
• Thai: เยียวยา (yiao-yaa) — to restore to health
• Tibetan: དྲག་པ་བཟོས — to restore to health
• Turkish: tedavi etmek — to restore to health
• Turkish: iyileştirmek — to restore to health
• Turkish: sağaltmak — to restore to health
• Ukrainian: лікува́ти (likuváty) — to restore to health
• Ukrainian: виліко́вувати (vylikóvuvaty) — to restore to health
• Ukrainian: ви́лікувати (výlikuvaty) — to restore to health
• Ukrainian: зцілюва́ти (zciljuváty) — to restore to health
• Ukrainian: зціли́ти (zcilýty) — to restore to health
• Urdu: علاج کرنا ('ilāj karnā) — to restore to health
• Vietnamese: chữa — to restore to health
• Vietnamese: chữa bệnh — to restore to health
• Yucatec Maya: ts'aak — to restore to health
• Armenian: բուժել (bužel) — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Ngazidja Comorian: uzihira — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Dutch: genezen — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Dutch: helen — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Finnish: parantaa — to bring (a disease) to an end
• French: guérir — to bring (a disease) to an end
• German: heilen — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Ancient Greek: ἰάομαι (iáomai) — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Hindi: उपचार (upcār) — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Hungarian: gyógyít — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Hungarian: kikúrál — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Latin: medico — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Māori: rongoā — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Māori: whakamahu — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Middle English: helen — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Middle English: warysshen — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Norwegian Bokmål: helbrede — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Old English: ġehǣlan — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Portuguese: curar — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Spanish: curar — to bring (a disease) to an end
• Finnish: parantaa — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Ancient Greek: ἰάομαι (iáomai) — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Hungarian: kigyógyít — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Portuguese: consertar — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Portuguese: curar — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Portuguese: sanar — to cause to be rid of (a defect)
• Bulgarian: консервирам (konserviram) — to prepare for keeping or use
• Dutch: conserveren — to prepare for keeping or use
• Finnish: kypsyttää — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: haltbar machen — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: einlegen — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: trocknen — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: räuchern — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: pökeln — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: einpökeln — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: füstöl — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: érlel — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: pácol — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: eltesz — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: aszal — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: szárít — to prepare for keeping or use
• Hungarian: tartósít — to prepare for keeping or use
• Irish: leasaigh — to prepare for keeping or use
• Māori: wāmu — to prepare for keeping or use
• Māori: whakapaoa — to prepare for keeping or use
• Russian: консерви́ровать (konservírovatʹ) — to prepare for keeping or use
• Russian: законсерви́ровать (zakonservírovatʹ) — to prepare for keeping or use
• Russian: вя́лить (vjálitʹ) — to prepare for keeping or use
• Russian: провя́лить (provjálitʹ) — to prepare for keeping or use
• Scottish Gaelic: saill — to prepare for keeping or use
• Spanish: curar — to prepare for keeping or use
• Spanish: curtir — to prepare for keeping or use
• German: pökeln — to preserve food, typically by salting
• German: einpökeln — to preserve food, typically by salting
• German: in Salz einlegen — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Hungarian: besóz — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Old Irish: saillid — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Māori: whakatote — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Māori: wāmu — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Māori: whakapaoa — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Māori: whakapoa — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Spanish: salar — to preserve food, typically by salting
• Finnish: parantaa — to bring about a cure
• Finnish: kypsyä — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Hungarian: pácolódik — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Hungarian: érlelődik — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Māori: wāmu — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Māori: whakapaoa — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Polish: peklować — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Polish: zapeklować — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Spanish: curar — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Spanish: curtirse — to undergo a process for preservation or use
• Finnish: jähmettyä — to solidify or gel
• Finnish: kovettua — to solidify or gel
• German: aushärten — to solidify or gel
• Norwegian Bokmål: herde — to solidify or gel