different between curer vs curser

English

Etymology

cure +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kj????/, /?kj????/
• (General American) enPR: kyo?or??r, kyûr??r, IPA^(key): /?kj???/, /?kj??/
• Rhymes: -????(?), -????(?), -????(?)
• Hyphenation: cur?er

Noun

curer (plural curers)

1. A healer.
2. A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.

Translations

Anagrams

• recur

French

Etymology

From Old French curer, borrowed from Latin c?r?re, present active infinitive of c?r?.

Verb

curer

1. (transitive) to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. a drain, a pipe, a canal, a stable, ...)
2. (reflexive) to clean oneself by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. one's nails, teeth, ...)

   Se curer le nez. - To pick one's nose.

3. (rare) (transitive) to clear out (to make empty, to remove)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cure-dent

Related terms

• cure

Further reading

• “curer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

c?rer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?r?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?r?, c?r?re.

Verb

curer

1. to clean
2. (medicine) to treat (an illness, a symptom, etc.), to care (for), to heal

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: cure
• French: curer

English

Etymology

curse +? -er

Noun

curser (plural cursers)

1. One who curses.

Anagrams

• curers, recurs