curling
See also: Curling
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)
- The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
- 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer
- Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
And your face smooth with ointments […]
- Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
- curlings of smoke
- a scornful curling of the lip
- 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer
- (uncountable) 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 termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
sports
TranslationsEdit
sports
VerbEdit
curling
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
curling
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of curling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | — |
Possessive forms of curling (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | curlingini | curlingimme |
2nd person | curlingisi | curlinginne |
3rd person | curlinginsa |
SynonymsEdit
- (sport): kurlaus (informal)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English curling.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
curling m (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
curling m inan
- curling (sport)
DeclensionEdit
declension of curling
singular | |
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nominative | curling |
genitive | curlingu |
dative | curlingowi |
accusative | curling |
instrumental | curlingiem |
locative | curlingu |
vocative | curlingu |
Derived termsEdit
- (adjective) curlingowy
Further readingEdit
- curling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- curling in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
curling m (uncountable)
- curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English curling.
NounEdit
curling c (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of curling | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | curling | curlingen | — | — |
Genitive | curlings | curlingens | — | — |