curly

English

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Etymology

From curl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)li

Adjective

curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)

1. Having curls

Translations

having curls

• Arabic: مجعد (ar) (mujaʕad) m

  Egyptian Arabic: مجعد (megaʕad) m, ملولو (melauleu) m

• Bulgarian: къдрав (bg) (kǎdráv), вълнист (bg) (vǎlníst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捲曲的 (cmn), 卷曲的 (cmn) (juǎnqū de)

• Czech: kudrnatý (cs) m
• Dutch: krullig (nl), krullerig (nl)
• Finnish: kihara (fi), kiharainen (fi)
• French: bouclé (fr), frisé (fr)
• German: lockig (de)
• Hebrew: מתולתל (he) (metultal) m, מתולתלת (he) (metultelet) f
• Hungarian: göndör (hu)
• Japanese: 巻き毛の (ja) (まきげの, makige no)

• Malay: keriting (ms), kerinting (ms), pepuah (ms)
• Maori: māwhai  (mi) (refers to hair)
• Portuguese: cacheado (pt)
• Russian: кудря́вый (ru) (kudrjávyj), курча́вый (ru) (kurčávyj), кучеря́вый (ru) (kučerjávyj), волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), вьющийся (ru) (vʹjúščijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коврчав (sh)

  Roman: kovrčav (sh)

• Spanish: rizado (es), chino (es), crespo (es)
• Swedish: lockig (sv), krullig (sv)
• Turkish: kıvırcık (tr)

Noun

curly (plural curlies)

1. a person or animal with curly hair.

Translations

a person or animal with curly hair

• Arabic: مجعد (ar) (mujaʕad) m

  Egyptian Arabic: كرلي (kerli) m

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• Chinese:

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• Dutch: krullenbol (nl) m and f
• Finnish: kiharapää (fi) (person)
• French: French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lockenkopf (de) m, Wuschelkopf (de) m

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• Portuguese: encaracolado (pt) m
• Russian: кудрявый (ru) (kudrjávyj) m
• Spanish: rizado (es) m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• short and curlies