curling

See also: Curling

English

a curling rink

Pronunciation

  • (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (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.
    • Shackerley Marmion
      Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
      Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
      And your face smooth with ointments […]
    curlings of smoke
    a scornful curling of the lip
  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

Translations

Verb

curling

  1. present participle of curl

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurliŋ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkøːrliŋ/

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 —
instructive — —
abessive curlingitta —
comitative — —

Synonyms

  • (sport): kurlaus (informal)

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kœʁ.liŋ/

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

  1. curling

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Noun

curling c (uncountable)

  1. curling

Declension

Declension of curling 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative curling curlingen — —
Genitive curlings curlingens — —
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