pique curiosity



pique someone's curiosity

 and pique someone's interest
to arouse interest; to arouse curiosity. The advertisement piqued my curiosity about the product. The professor tried to pique the students' interest in French literature.
See also: curiosity, pique

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Avra-Greek
GarbiÑE-Basque
ÉVaAY-vawHungarian
Tsila-Hebrew
CecilySES-i-leeEnglish
Camilleka-MEE (French), kə-MEEL (English)French, English