Joliot-Curie

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʒɔljokyri/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(zhô lyō′ky rē′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Jo•liot-Cu•rie  (zhô lyō′ky rē′),USA pronunciation n. 
    I•rène  (ē ren′),USA pronunciation (Irène Curie), 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie). her husband, (Jean) Fré•dé•ric  (zhän frā dā rēk′),USA pronunciation (Jean Frédéric Joliot), 1900–58, French nuclear physicist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Joliot-Curie / ʒɔljokyri/
  1. Jean-Frédéric ( ʒɑ̃frederik ), 1900–58, and his wife, Irène ( irɛn ), 1897–1956, French physicists: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1935 for discovering artificial radioactivity
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