cur

Significado (English)

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

Synonyms

mongrel

mutt

dog

🐕

tyke

donkey

🫏

pooch

feist

street dog

mongrel dog

bitzer

ass

🍑

random-bred dog

caitiff

coward

craven

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɜː/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: curre

Cognate with holandês médio: corre

Cognate with holandês: korre

Cognate with sueco: kurre

Cognate with nórdico arcaico: 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