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
Indefinte 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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