Curiousness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state of active curiosity

the quality of being alien or not native

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dᵻfɹˈæktᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/kjˈʊəɹiəsnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kjˈʊəɹiəsnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /dᵻfɹˈæktᵻd/.

Examples

the strangeness of a foreigner

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

inquisitiveness foreignness strangeness

Antonyms

nativeness

Parts of Speech

noun	a state of active curiosity
noun	the quality of being alien or not native “the strangeness of a foreigner”

Word Forms

curious	adjective	having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
inquisitive	adjective	inquiring or appearing to inquire
foreign	adjective	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Neugier

ein Zustand aktiver Neugier

🇫🇷French

curiosité

un état de curiosité active

🇪🇸Spanish

curiosidad

un estado de curiosidad activa

🇮🇹Italian

curiosità

uno stato di curiosità attiva

🇳🇱Dutch

nieuwsgierigheid

een staat van actieve nieuwsgierigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

curiosidade

um estado de curiosidade ativa

🇷🇺Russian

любопытство

состояние активного любопытства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जिज्ञासा

सक्रिय जिज्ञासा की स्थिति

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌতূহল

সক্রিয় কৌতূহল একটি রাষ্ট্র

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆர்வம்

செயலில் ஆர்வத்தின் நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉత్సుకత

క్రియాశీల ఉత్సుకత యొక్క స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्सुकता

सक्रिय कुतूहलाची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

જિજ્ઞાસા

સક્રિય જિજ્ઞાસાની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕುತೂಹಲ

ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಕುತೂಹಲದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജിജ്ഞാസ

സജീവമായ ജിജ്ഞാസയുടെ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਤਸੁਕਤਾ

ਸਰਗਰਮ ਉਤਸੁਕਤਾ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

تجسس

فعال تجسس کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

好奇心

积极好奇的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

好奇心

活発な好奇心の状態

🇰🇷Korean

호기심

적극적인 호기심의 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tò mò

một trạng thái tò mò tích cực

🇹🇭Thai

ความอยากรู้อยากเห็น

สถานะของความอยากรู้อยากเห็น

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa ingin tahu

keadaan rasa ingin tahu yang aktif

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkamausisa

isang estado ng aktibong kuryusidad

🇲🇾Malay

rasa ingin tahu

keadaan ingin tahu yang aktif

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فضول

حالة من الفضول النشط

🇮🇷Persian

کنجکاوی

حالت کنجکاوی فعال

🇹🇷Turkish

merak

aktif bir merak durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

סקרנות

מצב של סקרנות פעילה

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