curling

See also: Curling

English

Wikipedia

a curling rink

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• (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 (zh), 冰壶 (zh) ‎(bīnghú)

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

• Japanese: カーリング ‎(kāringu)
• Korean: 컬링 ‎(keolling)
• Macedonian: карлинг m ‎(kárling)
• Portuguese: curling (pt) m
• 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

---

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

curling

1. (sports) curling

Declension

Inflection of curling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		curling	—
genitive		curlingin	—
partitive		curlingia	—
illative		curlingiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		curling	—
accusative	nom.	curling	—
	gen.	curlingin
genitive		curlingin	—
partitive		curlingia	—
inessive		curlingissa	—
elative		curlingista	—
illative		curlingiin	—
adessive		curlingilla	—
ablative		curlingilta	—
allative		curlingille	—
essive		curlingina	—
translative		curlingiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		curlingitta	—
comitative		—	—

Synonyms

• (sport): kurlaus (informal)

Derived terms

• kurlata

---

French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowing from English curling.

Noun

curling m ‎(uncountable)

1. curling

Related terms

• curleur
• curleuse

---

Portuguese

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

1. curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)

---

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