curie

This is the 5869th most frequent French word.

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curie

"Curie" refers to a unit of radioactivity or can denote Marie Curie, the famous physicist and chemist.


Proper noun: 'Curie' refers to the scientist Marie Curie, a specific individual.

Marie Curie a découvert le radium.

Marie Curie discovered radium.


Common noun: 'curie' refers to the unit used in science to measure radioactivity.

Un curie est une unité de mesure de la radioactivité.

A curie is a unit of measurement for radioactivity.


Name of a person: 'Curie' is used as a proper noun for the name of a priest.

Le village accueillait un vieux curé nommé Curie.

The village hosted an old priest named Curie.