kuriøs

See also: kurios

Danish

Etymology

From French curieux (“curious”), from Latin cūriōsus (“careful, attentive, inquisitive”). Cognate with German kurios.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuriøːs/, [kʰuɐ̯iˈøːˀs]

Adjective

kuriøs

  1. curious (unusual)
  2. quaint (interestingly strange)

Inflection

Inflection of kuriøs
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular kuriøs — —2
indefinite neuter singular kuriøst — —2
plural kuriøse — —2
definite attributive1 kuriøse — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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