curious

curieux

Qui souhaite découvrir des choses ou en apprendre davantage.

En anglais simple : Wanting to find out or learn about things.

• Children are naturally curious.
• I was curious about her new job.
• Are you curious to know what happened?

Comment l'utiliser : curious about someone/something (She is curious about life abroad.); curious to do something (I was curious to see the results.)

Synonymes : inquisitive, interested

Contraires : uninterested

Expressions courantes : curious about something, curious child, curious to know

curieux, étrange

Étrange ou inhabituel, au point de susciter des questions.

En anglais simple : Strange or unusual in a way that makes you wonder about it.

• That is a curious noise.
• We noticed a curious mark on the wall.
• It was curious that nobody remembered his name.

Comment l'utiliser : it is curious that… (It is curious that both letters arrived today.)

Synonymes : odd, strange, unusual

Contraires : ordinary

Expressions courantes : a curious thing, curious coincidence, curious behavior, curious creature