curly

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English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From curl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝli/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːli/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Adjective

curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)

Having curls.
(typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
(Australia) Complicated and difficult; knotty.
- 2005, Chris Cooper, Behind the Private Eye: The Private Investigator's Secrets, →ISBN, page 176:
  Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.

Derived terms

Translations

having curls

Arabic: مُجَعَد m (mujaʕad)
Egyptian Arabic: مجعد m (megaʕad), ملولو m (melawlew)
Armenian: գանգուր (hy) (gangur), խուճուճ (hy) (xučuč)
Bashkir: бөҙрә (böźrə)
Bulgarian: къдра́в (bg) (kǎdráv), вълни́ст (bg) (vǎlníst)
Catalan: arrissat (ca)
Cebuano: kulot
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捲曲的 / 卷曲的 (zh) (juǎnqū de)
Czech: kudrnatý, vlnitý (cs)
Danish: krøllet
Dutch: krullig (nl), krullerig (nl)
Esperanto: bukla
Finnish: kihara (fi), kiharainen (fi), kiemurteleva
French: bouclé (fr), frisé (fr)
Galician: crecho (gl), crespo, rizo
Georgian: ხუჭუჭი (xuč̣uč̣i), ხვეული (xveuli), გრუზა (gruza), ტალღოვანი (ṭalɣovani), ტალღისებრი (ṭalɣisebri)
German: lockig (de)
Greek: κατσαρός (el) (katsarós)
Hebrew: מתולתל m (metultal), מתולתלת f (metultelet)
Higaonon: kulut
Hungarian: göndör (hu)
Ingrian: käherä
Irish: catach, coirníneach, casta
Italian: arricciato (it)
Japanese: 巻き毛の (ja) (まきげの, makige no)
Khmer: រួញ (km) (ruəñ)
Latin: crispus
Macedonian: кадрав (kadrav)
Malay: keriting (ms), kerinting, pepuah
Manx: cast, cassagagh, keshagagh
Maori: māwhai (refers to hair), mingi, mingimingi, tete (referring to hair), tete, makaka (refers to hair), māwhatu (refers to hair)
Middle English: crisp
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: kędzierzawy (pl), kręcony (pl)
Portuguese: cacheado (pt)
Romanian: creț (ro)
Russian: кудря́вый (ru) (kudrjávyj), курча́вый (ru) (kurčávyj), кучеря́вый (ru) (kučerjávyj), волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), вью́щийся (ru) (vʹjúščijsja)
Scottish Gaelic: bachalach, dualach, cùrlach, cuaileanach, bachlach, bachlagach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коврчав

Roman: kovrčav (sh)
Spanish: rizado (es), chino (es), crespo (es)
Swedish: lockig (sv), krullig (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kıvırcık (tr), cingelek
Ukrainian: кучеря́вий (kučerjávyj), хвиля́стий (xvyljástyj)
Vietnamese: xoăn (vi), quăn (vi)
Yiddish: געקרײַזלט (gekrayzlt)

(typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)

French: courbe (fr), courbé (fr)
Hungarian: (of quotation marks or apostrophes) kunkorodó, (of brackets) kapcsos (hu)

Noun

curly (plural curlies)

a person or animal with curly hair.

Translations

a person or animal with curly hair

Arabic: مُجَعَد m (mujaʕad)
Egyptian Arabic: كرلي m (kerli)
Armenian: գանգուր (hy) (gangur), խուճուճ (hy) (xučuč)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: kudrnáč m
Danish: krøltop c
Dutch: krullenbol (nl) m or f
Finnish: kiharapää (person)
French: frisé (fr)
Galician: crecho (gl) m, crecha f
Georgian: ხვეულთმიანი (xveultmiani), ხუჭუჭთმიანი (xuč̣uč̣tmiani)
German: Lockenkopf (de) m, Wuschelkopf (de) m
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Irish: catachán m
Italian: riccioluto (it) m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: kręconowłosy m
Portuguese: encaracolado (pt) m
Russian: кудря́вый (ru) m (kudrjávyj)
Spanish: rizado (es) m
Vietnamese: người tóc xoăn