Standard Lemma guide

curie

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Anglicised: /ˈkjʊə.ɹi/
  • /ˈkjɔː.ɹi/ pour–poor merger
  • /kjəˈɹi/
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹi
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹi
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K Y UH0 R IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K Y UH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Acronym of compact URI expression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Qualifier: semantic web

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemist

5

noun

Meaning 5

French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pierre Curie

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physicist

6

noun

Meaning 6

a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ci

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radioactivity unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French Curie.

Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 居里 (jūlǐ) — unit of radioactivity
  • Japanese: キュリー (kyuri-) — unit of radioactivity
  • Russian: кюри (kyuri) — unit of radioactivity
  • Thai: กูรี (guu-rii) — unit of radioactivity
  • Thai: กูว์รี (guu-rii) — unit of radioactivity