curly

See also: Curly

English

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Curly

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Etymology

From curl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːli/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Adjective

curly (comparative curlier, superlative curliest)

1. Having curls.
2. (typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
3. (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

• becurtovirus
• curlicue
• curlily
• curliness
• curly apostrophe
• curly brace
• curly bracket
• curly cuh
• curly fries
• curly fry
• curlyhaired
• curlyhead
• curly kale
• curly quote
• curly top
• curly wig
• noncurly
• uncurly

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)

1. 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

See also

• short and curlies