curiosity

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• Received-Pronunciation: kyo͝or'ēŏsʹətē
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• Received-Pronunciation: kyôr'ēŏsʹətē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ə.ti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkjɔːɹiˈɒs.ə.ti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ɪ.ti/
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• General-American: kyo͝or'ēŏsʹətē
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• General-American: kyûr'ēŏsʹətē
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• General-American: /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/
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• General-American: /ˌkjɝ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/
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• General-American: /-ɪ.ti/
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• dialectal, informal: kyo͝o'rŏsʹətē
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• dialectal, informal: kyô'rŏsʹətē
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• dialectal, informal: kyû'rŏsʹətē
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• dialectal, informal: /ˌkjʊəˈɹɒsəti/
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• dialectal, informal: /ˌkjɔːˈɹɒsəti/
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• dialectal, informal: /ˌkjɝˈɒsəti/
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• rhymes with -ɒsɪti
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• CMU ARPABET: K Y UH2 R IY0 AA1 S AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem, accusative of cūriōsitās. By surface analysis, curious + -ity. Displaced native Old English firwitt.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kurreshtje — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Amharic: ጉጉት (gugut) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Arabic: فُضُول (fuḍūl) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Azerbaijani: maraq — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Basque: jakinmin — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Bulgarian: любопи́тство (ljubopítstvo) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Bulgarian: любозна́телност (ljuboznátelnost) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Catalan: curiositat — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Chinese Mandarin: 好奇 (hàoqí) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Chinese Mandarin: 好奇心 (hàoqíxīn) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Czech: zvědavost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Danish: nysgerrighed — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Dutch: nieuwsgierigheid — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Esperanto: scivolemo — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Esperanto: scivoleco — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Estonian: uudishimu — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Finnish: uteliaisuus — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• French: curiosité — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Galician: curiosidade — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• German: Neugier — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• German: Neugierde — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Greek: περιέργεια (periérgeia) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Hawaiian: nīele — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Hebrew: סקרנות (saqranut) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Hindi: जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Hungarian: kíváncsiság — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Icelandic: forvitni — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Italian: curiosità — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Japanese: 好奇心 — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Korean: 호기심 (hogisim) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: mereq — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: hewes — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: balkêşî — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: tatêl — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: tatol — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: çavzêlkî — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: etir — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Northern Kurdish: xemxwerî — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Latin: cūriōsitās — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Latvian: ziņkārība — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Latvian: ziņkāre — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Lithuanian: smalsumas — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Lithuanian: žingeidumas — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Macedonian: љубопитност (ljubopitnost) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Marathi: कुतूहल (kutūhal) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Marathi: जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Norwegian Bokmål: nysgjerrighet — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Old English: firwitt — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Old English: firwitgeornnes — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Persian: کنجکاوی — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Polish: ciekawość — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Portuguese: curiosidade — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Romanian: curiozitate — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Russian: любопы́тство (ljubopýtstvo) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Russian: любозна́тельность (ljuboznátelʹnostʹ) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Russian: пытли́вость (pytlívostʹ) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: знатижељност — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: знатижеља — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: радозналост — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: љубопитљивост — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: љубопитност — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: љубопитство — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: znatiželjnost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: znatiželja — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: radoznalost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubopitljivost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubopitnost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubopitstvo — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Slovene: radovednost — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Spanish: curiosidad — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Swedish: nyfikenhet — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Tagalog: kuryosidad — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Tamil: அறிவார்வம் (aṟivārvam) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Tamil: ஆர்வம் (ārvam) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Tamil: அறிவாவல் (aṟivāval) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Telugu: కుతూహలం (kutūhalaṁ) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Thai: ความอยากรู้อยากเห็น (kwaam-yàak-rúu-yàak-hěn) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Thai: ความอยากรู้ — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Turkish: merak — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Turkish: meraklılık — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Ukrainian: ціка́вість (cikávistʹ) — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Vietnamese: tính/sự tò mò — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Vietnamese: tính/sự ham biết — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Welsh: chwilfrydedd — inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore
• Bulgarian: ря́дкост (rjádkost) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Bulgarian: курио́з (kurióz) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Catalan: curiositat — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Chinese Mandarin: 有意思的東西 /有意思的东西 (yǒuyìsi de dōngxi) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Czech: kuriozita — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Dutch: curiositeit — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Estonian: kurioosum — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Finnish: erikoisuus — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Finnish: kuriositeetti — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• French: curiosité — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Galician: curiosidade — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• German: Kuriosität — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• German: Kuriosum — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Hebrew: קוריוז — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Hungarian: érdekesség — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Italian: curiosità — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Japanese: 珍奇 — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Māori: mōkaikai — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Māori: mokamokai — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Polish: ciekawostka — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Portuguese: curiosidade — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Romanian: curiozitate — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Russian: дико́вина (dikóvina) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Russian: ре́дкость (rédkostʹ) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Russian: курьёз (kurʹjóz) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Serbo-Croatian: занѝмљиво̄ст — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Serbo-Croatian: куриозѝте̄т — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Serbo-Croatian: zanìmljivōst — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Serbo-Croatian: kuriozìtēt — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Swedish: kuriositet — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Swedish: kuriosum — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Turkish: tuhaflık — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Turkish: ucûbe — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Ukrainian: рі́дкість (rídkistʹ) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest
• Ukrainian: диви́на (dyvýna) — unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest