curly

English

Etymology

From curl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɝli/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːli/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Adjective

curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)

1. Having curls.
2. (typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
3. Complicated and difficult; knotty.
   • 2005, Chris Cooper, Behind the Private Eye: The Private Investigator's Secrets, →ISBN, page 176:

     Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.

Derived terms

• curly brace
• curly bracket
• curly quote
• curly top
• curlyhead

Translations

having curls

• Arabic: مُجَعَد m (mujaʕad)

  Egyptian Arabic: مجعد m (megaʿad), ملولو m (melawlew)

• Armenian: գանգուր (hy) (gangur), խուճուճ (hy) (xučuč)
• Bashkir: бөҙрә (böźrə)
• Bulgarian: къдра́в (bg) (kǎdráv), вълни́ст (bg) (vǎlníst)
• Catalan: arrissat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捲曲的／卷曲的 (zh), 卷曲的 (zh) (juǎnqū de)

• Czech: kudrnatý, vlnitý
• Danish: krøllet
• Dutch: krullig (nl), krullerig (nl)
• Esperanto: bukla
• Finnish: kihara (fi), kiharainen (fi), kiemurteleva
• French: bouclé (fr), frisé (fr)
• Georgian: ხუჭუჭი (xuč̣uč̣i), ხვეული (xveuli), გრუზა (gruza), ტალღოვანი (ṭalɣovani), ტალღისებრი (ṭalɣisebri)
• German: lockig (de)
• Greek: κατσαρός (el) (katsarós)
• Hebrew: מתולתל m (metultal), מתולתלת f (metultelet)
• Hungarian: göndör (hu)
• Irish: catach, coirníneach, casta
• Italian: arricciato (it)
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• Japanese: 巻き毛の (ja) (まきげの, makige no)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: crispus
• Macedonian: кадрав (kadrav)
• Malay: keriting, kerinting, pepuah
• Manx: cast, cassagagh, keshagagh
• Maori: māwhai (refers to hair), mingi, mingimingi, tete (referring to hair), tete, makaka (refers to hair), māwhatu (refers to hair)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: cacheado (pt)
• Romanian: creț (ro)
• Russian: кудря́вый (ru) (kudrjávyj), курча́вый (ru) (kurčávyj), кучеря́вый (ru) (kučerjávyj), волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), вью́щийся (ru) (vʹjúščijsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: bachalach, dualach, cùrlach, cuaileanach, bachlach, bachlagach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коврчав

  Roman: kovrčav (sh)

• Spanish: rizado (es), chino (es), crespo (es)
• Swedish: lockig (sv), krullig (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kıvırcık (tr), cingelek
• Vietnamese: xoăn (vi), quăn (vi)
• Yiddish: געקרײַזלט (gekrayzlt)

(typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)

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• French: courbe (fr), courbé (fr)
• Hungarian: (of quotation marks or apostrophes) kunkorodó, (of brackets) kapcsos (hu)

Noun

curly (plural curlies)

1. a person or animal with curly hair.

Translations

a person or animal with curly hair

• Arabic: مُجَعَد m (mujaʕad)

  Egyptian Arabic: كرلي m (kerli)

• Armenian: գանգուր (hy) (gangur), խուճուճ (hy) (xučuč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: krullenbol (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kiharapää (person)
• French: frisé (fr)
• Georgian: ხვეულთმიანი (xveultmiani), ხუჭუჭთმიანი (xuč̣uč̣tmiani)
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• German: Lockenkopf (de) m, Wuschelkopf (de) m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: catachán m
• Italian: riccioluto (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kręconowłosy m
• Portuguese: encaracolado (pt) m
• Russian: кудря́вый (ru) m (kudrjávyj)
• Spanish: rizado (es) m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• short and curlies