Curio — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɪfɪkəltnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/kjˈʊəɹɪˌəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kjˈʊəɹɪˌəʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /dˈɪfɪkəltnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

oddity oddment curiosity peculiarity rarity

Word Forms

curious	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
odd	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
peculiar	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
rare	adjective	marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; -J.R.Lowell

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kuriosität

etwas Ungewöhnliches – vielleicht sammelwürdig

🇪🇸Spanish

curiosidad

algo inusual, tal vez digno de coleccionar

🇮🇹Italian

curiosità

qualcosa di insolito, forse degno di essere collezionato

🇳🇱Dutch

curiosum

iets ongewoons - misschien de moeite waard om te verzamelen

🇵🇹Portuguese

curiosidade

algo incomum - talvez digno de colecionar

🇷🇺Russian

диковинка

что-то необычное, возможно, достойное коллекционирования

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्यूरियो

कुछ असामान्य - शायद संग्रह करने योग्य

🇧🇩Bengali

কিউরিও

কিছু অস্বাভাবিক -- সম্ভবত সংগ্রহের যোগ্য

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆர்வம்

அசாதாரணமான ஒன்று -- சேகரிப்பதற்கு தகுதியானதாக இருக்கலாம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆసక్తి

అసాధారణమైనది -- బహుశా సేకరించడానికి అర్హమైనది

🇮🇳Gujarati

કુરિયો

કંઈક અસામાન્ય -- કદાચ એકત્રિત કરવા લાયક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕುತೂಹಲ

ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಏನೋ -- ಬಹುಶಃ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജിജ്ഞാസ

അസാധാരണമായ എന്തെങ്കിലും -- ഒരുപക്ഷേ ശേഖരിക്കാൻ യോഗ്യമാണ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

古玩

一些不寻常的东西——也许值得收藏

🇯🇵Japanese

骨董

珍しいもの -- おそらく収集する価値がある

🇰🇷Korean

진품

특이한 것 - 어쩌면 수집할 가치가 있는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ cổ

điều gì đó bất thường -- có lẽ đáng để sưu tầm

🇹🇭Thai

อยากรู้อยากเห็น

สิ่งแปลกปลอม--บางทีก็ควรค่าแก่การสะสม

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa ingin tahu

sesuatu yang tidak biasa -- mungkin layak untuk dikoleksi

🇵🇭Filipino

kuryo

isang bagay na hindi karaniwan -- marahil ay karapat-dapat na kolektahin

🇲🇾Malay

ingin tahu

sesuatu yang luar biasa -- mungkin layak untuk dikumpulkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحف

شيء غير عادي - ربما يستحق جمعه

🇮🇷Persian

کنجکاوی

چیزی غیرعادی -- شاید ارزش جمع آوری داشته باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

antika

alışılmadık bir şey - belki de toplamaya değer

🇮🇱Hebrew

דָבָר יוֹצֵא דוֹפֶן

משהו יוצא דופן - אולי ראוי לאסוף

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