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curé

French, noun

curé is spelled C-U-R-É (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curé is a French masculine noun meaning “priest bearing the responsibility of a parish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of curer. Without its accent, cure is a different word: “treatment; cure”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêtre de l’Église catholique romaine ou de l’Église vieille-catholique pourvu d’une cure”.

What does curé mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepriest bearing the responsibility of a parish

  2. 2

    masculinea vicar (Church of England)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of curer

noun

as cure
  1. 1

    archaicfemininecare, concern

  2. 2

    feminineobsoletehealing, recovery

  3. 3

    femininetreatment; cure

  4. 4

    femininevicarage, presbytery

verb

as cure
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Soin, souci. – En ce sens, il est surtout usité dans l’expression : n’avoir cure. 2. Traitement des maladies, des affections graves ou chroniques. 3. Soins dispensés dans un établissement thermal. 4. Faire une cure de quelque chose : manger exclusivement de cette chose. Par extension, passer son temps à une activité.

noun: 1. Prêtre de l’Église catholique romaine ou de l’Église vieille-catholique pourvu d’une cure. 2. Tout membre du clergé. 3. Personne qui veut diriger la vie privée des autres au nom de ses propres principes ; moraliseur.

adjective: 1. Qui a été nettoyé.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of curé

  • cures plural
  • curés plural
  • curée feminine
  • curées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to curé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is curé in French?

curé appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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