curfew

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜː.fjuː/
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• General-American: /ˈkɝ.fju/
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER1 F Y UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperative of covrir (“to cover”) + fu (“fire”). Compare kerchief.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aandklok — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Arabic: مَنْعُ التَّجَوُّل (manʕu t-tajawwul) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Arabic: حَظْرُ التَّجَوُّل (ḥaẓru t-tajawwul) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Armenian: պարետային ժամ (paretayin žam) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Azerbaijani: komendant saatı — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Belarusian: каменда́нцкая гадзі́на (kamjendánckaja hadzína) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Bulgarian: полице́йски час (policéjski čas) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Bulgarian: вече́рен час (večéren čas) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Catalan: toc de queda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Catalan: cobrefoc — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Chinese Mandarin: 宵禁 (xiāojìn) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Czech: zákaz vycházení — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Danish: udgangsforbud — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Dutch: avondklok — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Dutch: uitgaansverbod — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Esperanto: elirmalpermeso — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Estonian: liikumiskeeld — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Faroese: útigongubann — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Faroese: útfaringarbann — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Finnish: ulkonaliikkumiskielto — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• French: couvre-feu — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Galician: toque de queda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Georgian: კომენდანტის საათი (ḳomendanṭis saati) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• German: Ausgangssperre — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• German: Ausgehverbot — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Greek: απαγόρευση κυκλοφορίας (apagórefsi kykloforías) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Hebrew: עוצר \ עֹצֶר ('ótser) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Hindi: करफ़्यू (karafyū) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Hungarian: kijárási tilalom — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Icelandic: útgöngubann — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Indonesian: jam malam — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Italian: coprifuoco — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Japanese: 戒厳令 (kaigenrei) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Japanese: 外出禁止令 (gaishutsu kinshirei) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Japanese: 夜間外出禁止令 (yakan gaishutsu kinshirei) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Kazakh: коменданттық сағат (komendanttyq sağat) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Khmer: ខណ្ឌ (khan) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Korean: 통행금지령 (tonghaenggeumjiryeong) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Korean: 외출금지령 (oechulgeumjiryeong) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Korean: 통금 (tonggeum) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Latin: ignitegium — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Latvian: policijas stunda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Latvian: komandanta stunda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Latvian: komandantstunda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Lithuanian: komendanto valanda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Macedonian: полициски час (policiski čas) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Māori: rāhui haerepō — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Māori: wā rāhui — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Māori: rāhui haere — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Norwegian Bokmål: portforbud — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: portforbod — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Pannonian Rusyn: полицийна годзина (policijna hodzina) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Papiamentu: toke de keda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Polish: godzina policyjna — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Portuguese: toque de recolher — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Romanian: interdicție de ieșire din casă — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Russian: коменда́нтский час (komendántskij čas) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Serbo-Croatian: полицијски сат — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Serbo-Croatian: полицијски час — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Serbo-Croatian: policijski sat — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Serbo-Croatian: policijski čas — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Slovak: zákaz vychádzania — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Slovene: policijska ura — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Spanish: toque de queda — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Spanish: cubrefuego — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Swedish: utegångsförbud — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Tamil: ஊரடங்கு (ūraṭaṅku) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Thai: เคอร์ฟิว (kəə-fiu) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Turkish: sokağa çıkma yasağı — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Ukrainian: коменда́нтська годи́на (komendántsʹka hodýna) — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Uzbek: komendant soati — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Vietnamese: lệnh giới nghiêm — regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time
• Arabic: مَوْعِد الحَظْر (mawʕid al-ḥaẓr) — time when such restriction begins
• Armenian: պարետային ժամ (paretayin žam) — time when such restriction begins
• Catalan: toc de queda — time when such restriction begins
• Danish: spærretid — time when such restriction begins
• Dutch: avondklok — time when such restriction begins
• Dutch: spertijd — time when such restriction begins
• Finnish: ulkonaliikkumiskiellon alkamisaika — time when such restriction begins
• German: Sperrstunde — time when such restriction begins
• Italian: coprifuoco — time when such restriction begins
• Japanese: 門限 (mongen) — time when such restriction begins
• Korean: 문한 (munhan) — time when such restriction begins
• Latvian: policijas stunda — time when such restriction begins
• Latvian: komandanta stunda — time when such restriction begins
• Latvian: komandantstunda — time when such restriction begins
• Romanian: oră de interdicție — time when such restriction begins
• Russian: коменда́нтский час (komendántskij čas) — time when such restriction begins
• Spanish: toque de queda — time when such restriction begins
• Vietnamese: lúc giới nghiêm — time when such restriction begins
• Catalan: toc de queda — signal indicating this time
• Finnish: ulkonaliikkumiskiellon merkki — signal indicating this time
• French: couvre-feu — signal indicating this time
• German: Zapfenstreich — signal indicating this time
• Hindi: करफ़्यू (karafyū) — signal indicating this time
• Italian: coprifuoco — signal indicating this time
• Portuguese: toque de recolher — signal indicating this time
• Romanian: semnal de stingere — signal indicating this time
• Romanian: tocsin — signal indicating this time
• Spanish: toque de queda — signal indicating this time
• Finnish: tulen peittävä suojus — fire accessory
• French: couvre-feu — fire accessory
• Bulgarian: вече́рен час (večéren čas) — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• Finnish: määräys sammuttaa tulet yöksi — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• French: couvre-feu — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• Italian: coprifuoco — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• Middle English: curfu — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• Romanian: stare de asediu — historical regulation requiring fire to be covered/extinguished
• Bulgarian: вече́рна камба́на (večérna kambána) — evening bell
• Danish: aftenklokke — evening bell
• Dutch: avondklok — evening bell
• Finnish: iltasoitto — evening bell
• French: couvre-feu — evening bell
• German: Abendläuten — evening bell
• Romanian: clopot de alarmă — evening bell
• Swedish: aftonringning — evening bell