different between curio vs shrank

English

Etymology

Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kj????i????/, /?kj???i????/, /?kj???i????/

Noun

curio (plural curios)

1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

Related terms

• curiosity
• curious

Translations

See also

See also: Thesaurus:trinket.

References

Anagrams

• Cú Roí

Galician

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

1. curium

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.rjo/

Noun

curio m (plural curi)

1. (chemistry) curium

Anagrams

• cuori
• urico

Latin

Noun

curi?

1. dative singular of curium
2. ablative singular of curium

References

• curio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• curio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• curio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• curio in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• curio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?jo/, [?ku.?jo]

Etymology 1

From English curium, after Pierre and Marie Curie + -io.

Noun

curio m (uncountable)

1. curium

See also

• curio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Etymology 2

From English curie or French curie, named after Pierre and Marie Curie.

Alternative forms

• curie (obsolete)

Noun

curio m (plural curios)

1. curie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

See shrink

Verb

shrank

1. simple past tense of shrink

Etymology 2

From Pennsylvania German; cognate to German Schrank.

Noun

shrank (plural shranks)

1. (US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet.

Translations

References

• The Pennsylvania Dutch Country, By Irwin Richman, 2004, pages 102-103.[1]

Anagrams

• Krahns