From en.wiktionary.org:
[cursé]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en], [ang], of [en] origin.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A supernatural detriment or hindrance ; a bane .
2. * [Malachi]
3. * [i]
4. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
5. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment .
6. * [II]
7. A vulgar epithet .
8. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-06-14 | author= Sam Leith (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sam-leith)
|volume=189|issue=1|page=37|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly |title=Where the
profound meets the profane (see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/23/holy-shit-history-swearing-mohr)
|passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words".
It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of
swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any
word we have for bad language – "profanity", " CURSES", "oaths" and "swearing"
itself.}}
1. [en] A woman's menses .
***** Derived terms
{{col|en| resource
curse|blurse|countercurse|Curselax|curseless|curselike|curseworthy|encurse|precurse
|curseful|cursefully|curse of Cain|curse of Scotland|a blessing and a
curse||commentator's curse|Corsican curse|curse of dimensionality|curse of the
ninth|curse tablet|curse word|generational curse|not worth a curse|not worth a
tinker's curse|Ondine's curse|Paterson's curse|Patterson's curse|tinker's
curse|winner's curse|Assad curse|Undine's curse|Zelenskyy curse}}
***** Descendants
- [srn]
***** Translations
[supernatural detriment]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Awadhi: [awa]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg] , [mg]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms] , [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manx: [gv]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mongolian:
- Nahuatl: [nah]
- Nogai: [nog]
- North Frisian: [frr] [Sylt]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Sumerian: [sux]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tarifit: [rif]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[prayer that harm may befall someone]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Awadhi: [awa]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml] , [ml]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[vulgar epithet]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Adyghe: [ady]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aghwan: [xag]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bau Bidayuh: [sne]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] [usually plural]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [colloquial] , [ru] [low colloquial, usually plural] , [ru] [low colloquial, usually plural]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [usually plural]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
- _This translation table is meant for translations approximating the derogatory or strongly negative nature of this term in English. For standard translations, see the translation table at [en] ._
[woman's monthly period]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], [ang], from the noun (see above).
**** Verb
[past2=curst]
1. [en] To place a curse upon (a person or object).
2. * [Numbers]
3. * [chapter=A Lady in Company]
4. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate .
5. * [Exodus]
6. [en] To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet .
7. [en] To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
8. * [Matthew]
9. * [II]
10. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment .
11. * [chapter=Thebais]
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|cursable|cursee|curser|outcurse |accurse |becurse |forcurse |uncurse
|better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness|curse it|curse
like a pagan|curse like a sailor|curse like a trooper|curse out}}
***** Descendants
- [srn]
***** Translations
[to place a curse upon]
- Aghwan: [xag]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur] , [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [engl. swear] [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] , [ky]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Mongolian:
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norwegian:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Irish: [sga]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Oromo: [om]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] [+ dative] , [de]
- Greek:
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Malayalam: [ml] , [ml]
- Old English: [ang]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[to utter a vulgar curse]
- Arabic:
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy] , [hy] [colloquial]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] [dialectal]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] [once] , [fi] [repeatedly]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh] [once] , [izh] , [izh] [repeatedly]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Istriot: [ist]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Konkani: [kok]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [colloquial]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
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[to use offensive language]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Interlingua: [ia] , [ia]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Tày: [tyz] , [tyz]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[to bring great evil upon]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]
** Portuguese
*** Verb
[pt]
1. [cursar]
** Romanian
*** Noun
[ro]
1. [ro]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [cursar]