cur

Signification (English)

1. A contemptible or inferior dog.
2. A detestable person.

Concepts

cabot

clébard

🐕

corniaud

mâtin

chien

🐕

clebs

🐕

caniche

🐩

bâtard

Synonyms

mongrel

mutt

dog

🐕

tyke

donkey

🫏

pooch

feist

street dog

mongrel dog

bitzer

ass

🍑

random-bred dog

caitiff

coward

craven

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɜː/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: curre

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: corre

Cognate with néerlandais: korre

Cognate with suédois: kurre

Cognate with vieux norrois: kurra

Cognate with Middle Low German: kurren

In summary

From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).
Also Irish and Scottish Gaelic