different between surd vs curd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surdus (“deaf”); in mathematical sense, "deaf to reason", i.e. irrational.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sûd, IPA^(key): /s??d/
• (US) enPR: sûrd, IPA^(key): /s?d/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d

Noun

surd (plural surds)

1. (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the ? symbol.
2. (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.

Adjective

surd (comparative more surd, superlative most surd)

1. (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
   • 1670s, published 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, part 3, section 6:

     …how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men, stupid unto all Instruction…

2. (obsolete) unheard
   • 1773, William Kenrick, A New Dictionary of the English Language, section 3, page 5:

     To this errour, of blending the ?urd and vocal modes of articulation together, may be added the too frequent u?e of compound articulations both vocal and ?urd.

3. (mathematics) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.

   a surd expression or quantity; a surd number

4. (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless

Related terms

• absurd

Anagrams

• RUDs, Ruds, UDRS, Urds, ruds

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• surdu, nsurdu

Etymology

From Latin surdus. Compare Romanian surd.

Adjective

surd m (feminine surde, plural surdz, feminine plural surdi)

1. deaf

Related terms

• surdzest

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare Aromanian surdu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surd/

Adjective

surd m or n (feminine singular surd?, masculine plural surzi, feminine and neuter plural surde)

1. deaf

Declension

Related terms

• asurzi
• surditate
• surzi

See also

• auzi
• mut
• orb

English

Etymology

From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). More at crud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kû(r)d, IPA^(key): /k??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: Kurd

Noun

curd (countable and uncountable, plural curds)

1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
   • 1865, Fearing Burr, The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

     Broccoli should not be allowed to remain till the compactness of the head is broken, but should always be cut while the 'curd,' as the flowering mass is termed, is entire

Derived terms

• crud
• curds and whey
• lemon curd

Translations

See also

• buttermilk
• milk
• whey
• yoghurt

Verb

curd (third-person singular simple present curds, present participle curding, simple past and past participle curded)

1. (intransitive) To form curd; to curdle.
2. (transitive) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

Derived terms

• curdle

Translations

Anagrams

• CRUD, crud

Middle English

Noun

curd

1. Alternative form of crudde