curling

See also: Curling

English

a curling rink

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   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 […]

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
• curling stick
• curling stone
• wheelchair curling

 

Translations

winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice

• Azerbaijani: körlinq
• Basque: curling
• Bulgarian: къ́рлинг m (kǎ́rling)
• Catalan: cúrling m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰壺／冰壶 (zh) (bīnghú)

• Czech: curling (cs) m
• Danish: curling c
• Dutch: curling (nl) n
• Esperanto: glitŝtonludo
• Estonian: jääkeegel
• Finnish: curling (fi)
• French: curling (fr) m
• Georgian: კერლინგი (ḳerlingi)
• German: Curling (de) n
• Greek: κέρλινγκ (el) n (kérlingk)
• Hungarian: curling (hu)
• Irish: curláil f
• Italian: curling (it) m
• Japanese: カーリング (ja) (kāringu)
• Korean: 컬링 (keolling)
• Latvian: kērlings m
• Lithuanian: akménslydis m, ker̃lingas m
• Macedonian: карлинг m (karling)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: curling m

  Nynorsk: curling m

• Polish: curling (pl) m
• Portuguese: curling (pt) m
• Romanian: curling (ro) n
• Russian: кёрлинг (ru) m (kjórling)
• Scottish Gaelic: crolaidh m
• Slovak: curling m
• Slovene: kêrling m
• Swedish: curling (sv) c
• Turkish: körling (tr)
• Ukrainian: ке́рлінг (uk) m (kérlinh)
• Yiddish: קערלינג (kerling)

Verb

curling

1. present participle and gerund of curl

Basque

Etymology

From English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurlin/ [kur.lĩn]
• Rhymes: -urlin

Noun

curling inan

1. (winter sports) curling

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

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrlɪŋk], [ˈkɛːrlɪŋk]
• Hyphenation: cur‧ling

Noun

curling m inan (related adjective curlingový)

1. (winter sports) curling

Declension

Declension of curling (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	curling	curlingy
genitive	curlingu	curlingů
dative	curlingu	curlingům
accusative	curling	curlingy
vocative	curlingu	curlingy
locative	curlingu	curlinzích
instrumental	curlingem	curlingy

Related terms

• curler m anim

 

See also

• metaná f

 

Further reading

• “curling”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “curling” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “curling”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

From English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurliŋ/, [ˈkurliŋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkøːrliŋ/, [ˈk̟ø̞ːrliŋ]
• Rhymes: -urliŋ
• Hyphenation^(key): cur‧ling

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	—
abessive		curlingitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of curling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative curlingini — accusative nom. curlingini — gen. curlingini genitive curlingini — partitive curlingiani — inessive curlingissani — elative curlingistani — illative curlingiini — adessive curlingillani — ablative curlingiltani — allative curlingilleni — essive curlinginani — translative curlingikseni — abessive curlingittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative curlingisi — accusative nom. curlingisi — gen. curlingisi genitive curlingisi — partitive curlingiasi — inessive curlingissasi — elative curlingistasi — illative curlingiisi — adessive curlingillasi — ablative curlingiltasi — allative curlingillesi — essive curlinginasi — translative curlingiksesi — abessive curlingittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative curlingimme — accusative nom. curlingimme — gen. curlingimme genitive curlingimme — partitive curlingiamme — inessive curlingissamme — elative curlingistamme — illative curlingiimme — adessive curlingillamme — ablative curlingiltamme — allative curlingillemme — essive curlinginamme — translative curlingiksemme — abessive curlingittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative curlinginne — accusative nom. curlinginne — gen. curlinginne genitive curlinginne — partitive curlingianne — inessive curlingissanne — elative curlingistanne — illative curlingiinne — adessive curlingillanne — ablative curlingiltanne — allative curlingillenne — essive curlinginanne — translative curlingiksenne — abessive curlingittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative curlinginsa — accusative nom. curlinginsa — gen. curlinginsa genitive curlinginsa — partitive curlingiaan curlingiansa — inessive curlingissaan curlingissansa — elative curlingistaan curlingistansa — illative curlingiinsa — adessive curlingillaan curlingillansa — ablative curlingiltaan curlingiltansa — allative curlingilleen curlingillensa — essive curlinginaan curlinginansa — translative curlingikseen curlingiksensa — abessive curlingittaan curlingittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• (sport): kurlaus (informal), jääkurra (rare)

Derived terms

• alppicurling
• kurlata
• pyörätuolicurling

 

Further reading

• “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

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.liŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrliŋk
• Syllabification: cur‧ling

Noun

curling m inan

1. (sports) 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English curling.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɾ.lĩ.ɡɨ/

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling or French curling.

Noun

curling n (uncountable)

1. (sports) curling

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Noun

curling c (uncountable)

1. curling

Declension

Declension of curling

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	curling	curlings
	definite	curlingen	curlingens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—