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.
- 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).
Translations
winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkurliŋ/, [ˈkurliŋ]
- IPA(key): /ˈkøːrliŋ/, [ˈkø̞ːrliŋ]
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)
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
Declension
declension of curling (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) curling | curlingul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) curling | curlingului |
| vocative | curlingule | |
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of curling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | curling | curlingen | — | — |
| Genitive | curlings | curlingens | — | — |
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