curling
See also: Curling
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)
- The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
- curlings of smoke
- a scornful curling of the lip
- 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 […]
- (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 edit
Derived terms edit
sports
Translations edit
winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
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Verb edit
curling
- present participle and gerund of curl
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling inan
- curling (sport)
Declension edit
Declension of curling (inanimate, singular only, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | |
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absolutive | curling | curling-a |
ergative | — | curling-ak |
dative | — | curling-ari |
genitive | — | curling-aren |
comitative | — | curling-arekin |
causative | — | curling-arengatik |
benefactive | — | curling-arentzat |
instrumental | curling-ez | curling-az |
inessive | — | curling-ean |
locative | — | — |
allative | — | — |
terminative | — | — |
directive | — | — |
destinative | — | — |
ablative | — | — |
partitive | curling-ik | — |
prolative | curling-tzat | — |
Further reading edit
- "curling" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling
Declension edit
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 | — | ||
abessive | curlingitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms edit
- (sport): kurlaus (informal)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “curling”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English curling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling m (uncountable)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English curling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling m inan
Declension edit
Declension of curling
singular | |
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nominative | curling |
genitive | curlingu |
dative | curlingowi |
accusative | curling |
instrumental | curlingiem |
locative | curlingu |
vocative | curlingu |
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English curling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
curling m (uncountable)
- curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English curling or French curling.
Noun edit
curling n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of curling (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) curling | curlingul |
genitive/dative | (unui) curling | curlingului |
vocative | curlingule |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English curling.
Noun edit
curling c (uncountable)
Declension edit
Declension of curling | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | curling | curlingen | — | — |
Genitive | curlings | curlingens | — | — |