curie
noun
curie is spelled C-U-R-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, curie means “3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of curie is curies.
How many letters and syllables are in curie?
| Letters | 5: C-U-R-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is curie?
Curie appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce curie?
Curie has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-curie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of curie
- curies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
noun
- 1
Acronym of compact URI expression.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does curie come from?
Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).