curling

See also: Curling

English

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 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 […]

   curlings of smoke

   a scornful curling of the lip

2. (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 terms

• (sports) rink

Derived terms

sports

• crokicurl

 

Translations

sports

• Azerbaijani: körlinq
• Bulgarian: къ́рлинг m (kǎ́rling)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰壺 (zh), 冰壶 (zh) (bīnghú)

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

• Japanese: カーリング (ja) (kāringu)
• Korean: 컬링 (keolling)
• Macedonian: карлинг m (karling)
• Polish: curling (pl) m
• 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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurliŋ/, [ˈkurliŋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːrliŋ/, [ˈkø̞ːrliŋ]

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		—	—

Possessive forms of curling (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	curlingini	curlingimme
2nd person	curlingisi	curlinginne
3rd person	curlinginsa

Synonyms

• (sport): kurlaus (informal)

Derived terms

• kurlata

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœʁ.liŋ/

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

1. curling

Derived terms

• curling en fauteuil roulant

Related terms

• curleur
• curleuse

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Polish

Etymology

From English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.lʲink/

Noun

curling m inan

1. curling (sport)

Declension

declension of curling

	singular
nominative	curling
genitive	curlingu
dative	curlingowi
accusative	curling
instrumental	curlingiem
locative	curlingu
vocative	curlingu

Derived terms

• (adjective) curlingowy

Further reading

• curling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• curling in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English curling.

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

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

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Noun

curling c (uncountable)

1. curling

Declension

Declension of curling
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	curling	curlingen	—	—
Genitive	curlings	curlingens	—	—