curiosity

curiosité

Envie de connaître ou d’apprendre davantage sur quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A feeling of wanting to know or learn more about something.

• I asked out of curiosity.
• The strange noise aroused her curiosity.
• What first sparked your curiosity about birds?

Comment l'utiliser : curiosity about something (Her curiosity about the stars led her to study science.); out of curiosity (I opened the box out of curiosity.)

Synonymes : interest, inquisitiveness

Contraires : indifference

Expressions courantes : curiosity about something, out of curiosity, satisfy someone’s curiosity, natural curiosity

curiosité, objet insolite

Objet qui attire l’intérêt parce qu’il est étrange ou rare.

En anglais simple : An unusual object that attracts interest because it is strange or rare.

• This little curiosity came from an antique shop.
• The museum displays several mechanical curiosities.
• An old wooden bicycle was the collection’s greatest curiosity.

Synonymes : oddity, rarity

Expressions courantes : a rare curiosity, historical curiosity