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cure.

care, concern

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kyʁ/

  1. care, concern

    archaic · feminine

  2. healing, recovery

    feminine · obsolete

  3. treatment; cure

    feminine

  4. vicarage, presbytery

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French cure, from Old French cure, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”).

verb/kyʁ/

  1. inflection of curer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of curer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French cure, from Old French cure, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”).

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