curling
See also: Curling
English
a curling rink
Pronunciation
Noun
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).
Translations
winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
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Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kurlin/ [kur.lĩn]
- Rhymes: -urlin
Declension
Declension of curling (inanimate, singular only, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- "curling" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkurliŋ/, [ˈkurliŋ]
- IPA(key): /ˈkøːrliŋ/, [ˈk̟ø̞ːrliŋ]
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 | — | ||
| abessive | curlingitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- (sport): kurlaus (informal)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “curling”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kœʁ.liŋ/
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛr.liŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrliŋk
- Syllabification: cur‧ling
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- curlingowy
Portuguese
Romanian
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of curling | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | curling | curlingen | — | — |
| Genitive | curlings | curlingens | — | — |
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