hairpin

See also: hair-pin and hair pin

English

U-shaped hairpin (1)

Alternative forms

• hair pin, hair-pin

Etymology

From hair +‎ pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛə.pɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɚ.pɪn/

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Noun

hairpin (plural hairpins)

1. A pin or fastener for the hair.
2. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
3. (chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend.
   • 2009, Bob Sehlinger, Grant Rafter, Beyond Disney, page 280:

     The variety of angles in the course, from slow bends to hairpins, will both test your skill as a driver and allow you the opportunity to pass other carts.

4. (music) An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.

Derived terms

• hairpin bend
• hairpin curve
• hairpinned
• hairpin transfer
• hairpin turn
• Sherman's hairpin

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヘアピン

Translations

pin or fastener for the hair

• Afrikaans: haarnaald
• Arabic: دبوس (شعر) m (dabbūs šaʕr)

  Gulf Arabic: ماشة f (māša)

  Moroccan Arabic: فنتة f (fanta)

• Belarusian: шпі́лька f (špílʹka)
• Bulgarian: фиба (bg) f (fiba), фуркет (bg) m (furket)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釵／钗 (zh) (chāi), 簪 (zh) (zān), 髮夾／发夹 (zh) (fàjiā (chiefly Taiwan), fǎjiā (chiefly China)), 髮卡／发卡 (zh) (fàqiǎ, fǎqiǎ)

• Dutch: haarspeld (nl) f, haarnaald f
• Finnish: hiusneula (fi)
• French: épingle à cheveux (fr) f, épingle (fr) f
• German: Haarnadel (de) f
• Greek: φουρκέτα (el) f (fourkéta)
• Irish: pionna gruaige m, biorán gruaige m
• Italian: forcina (it) f
• Japanese: ヘアピン (heapin)
• Korean: 머리핀 (meoripin)
• Latin: crīnāle n, discerniculum n
• Macedonian: шно́ла f (šnóla)
• Manipuri: ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ (samphābi)
• Mbyá Guaraní: 'a regua
• Navajo: tsiighá bił dah sitání, tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hårnål m or f

  Nynorsk: hårnål f

• Ottoman Turkish: فوركته (furketa)
• Plautdietsch: Spald f
• Polish: spinka do włosów (pl) f, spinka (pl) f
• Portuguese: grampo (pt) m, gancho (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: шпи́лька (ru) f (špílʹka), шпи́лька для воло́с f (špílʹka dlja volós), зако́лка (ru) f (zakólka) (для воло́с)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: укосница f

  Roman: ùkosnica (sh) f

• Slovene: lasnica f
• Spanish: horquilla (es) f, gancho (es), pinche (es) m
• Swedish: hårnål (sv)
• Tagalog: aguhilya
• Thai: ปิ่น (th) (bpìn)
• Ukrainian: шпи́лька для воло́сся f (špýlʹka dlja volóssja), шпи́лька f (špýlʹka)
• West Frisian: hierspjelde c

tight bend — see hairpin bend

See also

• barrette
• dogleg
• switchback