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curio

Syllables: cu·ri·o/ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/US/ˈkjʊrioʊ/

curio noun: a strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

Noun

curio (plural curios)

  1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
    • Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really curios of ferndom and never fail to gain attention.2013, Joan Lee Faust, The New York Times Garden Book, Revised
    • Video telephony is just about the only new technology from that particular movie that has appeared—and it was technically possible when the movie was showing. 2001 can be seen as a curio, but what about Star Trek?2012 March, David Graeber, “Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit”, in The Baffler

curio meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

curio in Tamil

விந்தைப் பொருள்

curio in Urdu

نادر

curio in Bengali

বিরল, কৌতূহলী বস্তু

curio in Malayalam

വിചിത്രവസ്തു, കൗതുകവസ്തു, അപൂർവ്വവസ്തു

Synonyms of curio

All synonyms of curio

Forms of curio

pluralcurios

Origin of curio

Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.

Questions about curio

What does curio mean?
Curio means a strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
What is curio in Tamil?
Curio in Tamil is விந்தைப் பொருள். See Curio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is curio?
Curio is a noun.
How do you pronounce curio?
Curio is pronounced /ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/ (UK).
What is the plural of curio?
The plural of curio is curios.

Words near curio in the dictionary

  1. curing times
  2. curing up
  3. curings
  4. Curington
  5. Curingtons
  6. curio
  7. curiologic
  8. curiologically
  9. curiology
  10. curiomaniac
  11. curiomaniacs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curio (page history and authors); curio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curio (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curio (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curio (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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