curat

See also: curât, čurat, čúrat, and čůrat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊəɹət/

Noun

curat (plural curats)

1. (obsolete) A cuirass or breastplate.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The wicked shaft, guyded through th'ayrie wyde
     By some bad spirit that it to mischiefe bore,
     Stayd not, till through his curat it did glyde

2. Obsolete spelling of curate.
   • 1879, Joseph Irving, The Book of Dumbartonshire::

     Bishop Burnet will, I hope, give a tolerable account of the is the curat.

See also

• de minimis non curat lex (etymologically unrelated term)

Anagrams

• turca

Aromanian

Etymology

From the past participle of cur or possibly Latin cūrātus. Compare Daco-Romanian curat.

Adjective

curat m (feminine curatã)

(masculine singular past passive participle of cur used as an adjective)

1. cleaned
2. clean

   Synonyms: albu, chischin, pãstrit, spastru, spilat

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūrātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [kuˈɾat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

curat m (plural curats)

1. vicar, parish priest, curate
2. vicarage, curacy

Participle

curat (feminine curada, masculine plural curats, feminine plural curades)

1. past participle of curar

Further reading

• “curat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

cūrat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of cūrō

Romanian

Etymology

From cura or Latin curātus, past participle of cūrō (“take care”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrat/

• Audio:

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Adjective

curat m or n (feminine singular curată, masculine plural curați, feminine and neuter plural curate)

1. clean

   Antonym: murdar

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	curat		curată		curați	curate
	definite	curatul		curata		curații	curatele
genitive- dative	indefinite	curat		curate		curați	curate
	definite	curatului		curatei		curaților	curatilor

Derived terms

• curăța
• curățenie