See curiosity on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:",
"text": "It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre",
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"ref": "1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 39:",
"text": "\"Certainly there is nothing wrong with Alvin's intelligence, but many of the things that should concern him seem to be a matter of complete indifference. On the other hand, he shows a morbid curiosity regarding subjects which we do not generally discuss.\"",
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"ref": "2013 September-October, Terrie Moffitt et al., “Lifelong Impact of Early Self-Control”, in American Scientist:",
"text": "Curiosity about the power of self-control skills, which include conscientiousness, self-discipline, and perseverance, arose from recent empirical observations that preschool Head Start, an ambitious, federally funded program of special services launched in 1965 to boost the intellectual development of needy children, has failed to achieve the goal of boosting IQ scores. But the programs have unexpectedly succeeded in lowering the former pupils’ rates of teen pregnancy, school dropout, delinquency, and work absenteeism.",
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"Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring."
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"(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring."
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"word": "好奇心"
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"word": "uteliaisuus"
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"word": "smalsumas"
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"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
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"word": "کنجکاوی"
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"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
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"word": "ciekawość"
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"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "curiosidade"
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"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
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"word": "curiozitate"
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}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest."
],
"links": [
[
"unique",
"unique"
],
[
"extraordinary",
"extraordinary"
],
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"arouses",
"arouses"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1631, John Smith, Advertisements, Kupperman, published 1988, page 81:",
"text": "wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building."
],
"links": [
[
"construction",
"construction"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "kyo͝or\"ēŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyôr\"ēŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjʊəɹiˈɒsəti/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɔːɹiˈɒsəti/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɪti/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyo͝or\"ēŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyûr\"ēŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjʊəɹiˈɑsəti/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɚiˈɑsəti/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɪti/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyo͝o\"rŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyô\"rŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"enpr": "kyû\"rŏs'ətē",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjʊəˈɹɒsəti/",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɔːˈɹɒsəti/",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɜːˈɹɒsəti/",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-curiosity.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-us-curiosity.ogg/En-us-curiosity.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-us-curiosity.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒsɪti"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fuḍūl",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فُضُول"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "maraq"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "jakinmin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubopítstvo",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "любопи́тство"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljuboznátelnost",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любозна́телност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiositat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hàoqí",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "好奇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hàoqíxīn",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "好奇心"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zvědavost"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nysgerrighed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "nieuwsgierigheid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "scivoleco"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "uudishimu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "uteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "curiosité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiosidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Neugier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Neugierde"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "periérgeia",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "περιέργεια"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "nīele"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "saqranut",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סקרנות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "kíváncsiság"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forvitni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "curiosità"
},
{
"alt": "こうきしん kōkishin",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "好奇心"
},
{
"alt": "好奇心",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hogisim",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "호기심"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mereq"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hewes"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balkêşî"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tatêl"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tatol"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "çavzêlkî"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "etir"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xemxwerî"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cūriōsitās"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ziņkārība"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "ziņkāre"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smalsumas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žingeidumas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ljubopitnost",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "љубопитност"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kutūhal",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "कुतूहल"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jijñāsā",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जिज्ञासा"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nysgjerrighet"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "firwitt"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "کنجکاوی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ciekawość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "curiosidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiozitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljubopýtstvo",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "любопы́тство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljuboznátelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любозна́тельность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pytlívostʹ",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пытли́вость"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "знатижељност"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "знатижеља"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "радозналост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "љубопитљивост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "љубопитност"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "љубопитство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "znatiželjnost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "znatiželja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "radoznalost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ljubopitljivost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ljubopitnost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ljubopitstvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radovednost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "curiosidad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "nyfikenhet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "kuryusidad"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kutūhalaṁ",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "కుతూహలం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-yàak-rúu-yàak-hěn",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "ความอยากรู้อยากเห็น"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "merak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "meraklılık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cikávistʹ",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ціка́вість"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"word": "sự tò mò"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chwilfrydedd"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjádkost",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ря́дкост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kurióz",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "курио́з"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiositat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "有意思的東西"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒuyìsi de dōngxi",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "有意思的东西"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kuriozita"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiositeit"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "kurioosum"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "erikoisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "kuriositeetti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiosité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiosidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kuriosität"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kuriosum"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קוריוז"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "érdekesség"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "curiosità"
},
{
"alt": "ちんき chinki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "珍奇"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "mōkaikai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "mokamokai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ciekawostka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiosidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curiozitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dikóvina",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дико́вина"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rédkostʹ",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ре́дкость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kurʹjóz",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "курьёз"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "занѝмљиво̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "куриозѝте̄т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zanìmljivōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kuriozìtēt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kuriositet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kuriosum"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "tuhaflık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"word": "ucûbe"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rídkistʹ",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рі́дкість"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyvýna",
"sense": "unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "диви́на"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"curiosity"
],
"word": "curiosity"
}
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