curaçao

== English == === Alternative forms === curacao curacoa, curaçoa (both dated) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch curaçao, named for the island Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles, ultimately probably a Portuguese transcription of a Lokono endonym but literally equivalent to Portuguese curação (“cure, healing”), from Latin cūrātiōnem (“cure”), from cūrō (“to cure”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from cūra (“attention, care”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), q.v. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/, /ˈkjuːɹəsəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsaʊ/, /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsoʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsaʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsoʊ/ === Noun === curaçao (countable and uncountable, plural curaçaos) A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue. ==== Translations ==== === References === “curaçao” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Anagrams === curacoa, curaçoa == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch curaçao, named after the island Curaçao. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ky.ʁa.so/ === Noun === curaçao m (plural curaçaos) the orange peel-flavored liqueur curaçao === Further reading === “curaçao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012