curling

English

Wikipedia

a curling rink

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ

Noun

curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)

1. The action or motion of something that curls.

   curlings of smoke

   a scornful curling of the lip

2. A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

Coordinate terms

• rink

Translations

sports

• Azeri: körlinq
• Bulgarian: кърлинг m (kǎ̀rling)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰壺, 冰壶 (zh) (bīnghú)

• Esperanto: glitŝtonludo
• Finnish: curling (fi)
• French: curling (fr) m
• German: Curling (de) n

• Japanese: カーリング (kāringu)
• Korean: 컬링 (keolling)
• Macedonian: карлинг m (kárling)
• Romanian: curling (ro) n
• Russian: кёрлинг (ru) m (kjórling)
• Scottish Gaelic: crolaidh m
• Swedish: curling (sv) c
• Turkish: körling (tr)

Verb

curling

1. Present participle of curl.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(r)lɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkurliŋ/

Noun

curling

1. (sports) curling

Declension

Declension of curling (Kotus type 5/risti)

		singular	plural
nominative		curling	curlingit
accusative	zero?	curling	curlingit
	normal	curlingin
genitive		curlingin	curlingien
partitive		curlingia	curlingeja
inessive		curlingissa	curlingeissa
elative		curlingista	curlingeista
illative		curlingiin	curlingeihin
adessive		curlingilla	curlingeilla
ablative		curlingilta	curlingeilta
allative		curlingille	curlingeille
essive		curlingina	curlingeina
translative		curlingiksi	curlingeiksi
instructive		—	curlingein
abessive		curlingitta	curlingeitta
comitative		—	curlingeineen

Synonyms

• (sport): kurlaus

Derived terms

• kurlata

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowing from English curling.

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

1. curling

Related terms

• curleur
• curleuse

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English curling.

Noun

curling c (uncountable)

1. curling

Declension

Declension of curling

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	curling || curlingen || ||
genitive	curlings || curlingens || ||