curly

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːli/
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• General-American: /ˈkɝli/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /ˈkøːli/
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• Scotland: /kʌrle/
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• /keːli/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /kɛːli/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)li
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curly From curl + -y.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُجَعَد (mujaʕad) — having curls
• Arabic: مجعد (megaʕad) — having curls
• Arabic: ملولو (melawlew) — having curls
• Armenian: գանգուր (gangur) — having curls
• Armenian: խուճուճ (xučuč) — having curls
• Bashkir: бөҙрә (böźrə) — having curls
• Bulgarian: къдра́в (kǎdráv) — having curls
• Bulgarian: вълни́ст (vǎlníst) — having curls
• Catalan: arrissat — having curls
• Cebuano: kulot — having curls
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲曲的 /卷曲的 (juǎnqū de) — having curls
• Czech: kudrnatý — having curls
• Czech: vlnitý — having curls
• Danish: krøllet — having curls
• Dutch: krullig — having curls
• Dutch: krullerig — having curls
• Esperanto: bukla — having curls
• Finnish: kihara — having curls
• Finnish: kiharainen — having curls
• Finnish: kiemurteleva — having curls
• French: bouclé — having curls
• French: frisé — having curls
• Galician: crecho — having curls
• Galician: crespo — having curls
• Galician: rizo — having curls
• Georgian: ხუჭუჭი (xuč̣uč̣i) — having curls
• Georgian: ხვეული (xveuli) — having curls
• Georgian: გრუზა (gruza) — having curls
• Georgian: ტალღოვანი (ṭalɣovani) — having curls
• Georgian: ტალღისებრი (ṭalɣisebri) — having curls
• German: lockig — having curls
• Greek: κατσαρός (katsarós) — having curls
• Hebrew: מתולתל (metultal) — having curls
• Hebrew: מתולתלת (metultelet) — having curls
• Higaonon: kulut — having curls
• Hungarian: göndör — having curls
• Ingrian: käherä — having curls
• Irish: catach — having curls
• Irish: coirníneach — having curls
• Irish: casta — having curls
• Italian: arricciato — having curls
• Japanese: 巻き毛の (makige no) — having curls
• Khmer: រួញ (ruəñ) — having curls
• Latin: crispus — having curls
• Macedonian: кадрав (kadrav) — having curls
• Malay: keriting — having curls
• Malay: kerinting — having curls
• Malay: pepuah — having curls
• Manx: cast — having curls
• Manx: cassagagh — having curls
• Manx: keshagagh — having curls
• Māori: māwhai — having curls
• Māori: mingi — having curls
• Māori: mingimingi — having curls
• Māori: tete — having curls
• Māori: makaka — having curls
• Māori: māwhatu — having curls
• Middle English: crisp — having curls
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krøllete — having curls
• Polish: kędzierzawy — having curls
• Polish: kręcony — having curls
• Portuguese: cacheado — having curls
• Romanian: creț — having curls
• Russian: кудря́вый (kudrjávyj) — having curls
• Russian: курча́вый (kurčávyj) — having curls
• Russian: кучеря́вый (kučerjávyj) — having curls
• Russian: волни́стый (volnístyj) — having curls
• Russian: вью́щийся (vʹjúščijsja) — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: bachalach — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: dualach — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: cùrlach — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: cuaileanach — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: bachlach — having curls
• Scottish Gaelic: bachlagach — having curls
• Serbo-Croatian: коврчав — having curls
• Serbo-Croatian: kovrčav — having curls
• Sicilian: rizzu — having curls
• Sicilian: ricciulinu — having curls
• Spanish: rizado — having curls
• Spanish: chino — having curls
• Spanish: crespo — having curls
• Swedish: lockig — having curls
• Swedish: krullig — having curls
• Turkish: kıvırcık — having curls
• Turkish: cingelek — having curls
• Ukrainian: кучеря́вий (kučerjávyj) — having curls
• Ukrainian: хвиля́стий (xvyljástyj) — having curls
• Vietnamese: xoăn — having curls
• Vietnamese: quăn — having curls
• Yiddish: געקרײַזלט (gekrayzlt) — having curls
• French: courbe — (typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
• French: courbé — (typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
• Hungarian: kunkorodó — (typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
• Hungarian: kapcsos — (typography) curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
• Arabic: مُجَعَد (mujaʕad) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Arabic: كرلي (kerli) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Armenian: գանգուր (gangur) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Armenian: խուճուճ (xučuč) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲髮 /卷发 (juǎnfà) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Czech: kudrnáč — a person or animal with curly hair
• Danish: krøltop — a person or animal with curly hair
• Dutch: krullenbol — a person or animal with curly hair
• Finnish: kiharapää — a person or animal with curly hair
• French: frisé — a person or animal with curly hair
• Galician: crecho — a person or animal with curly hair
• Galician: crecha — a person or animal with curly hair
• Georgian: ხვეულთმიანი (xveultmiani) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Georgian: ხუჭუჭთმიანი (xuč̣uč̣tmiani) — a person or animal with curly hair
• German: Lockenkopf — a person or animal with curly hair
• German: Wuschelkopf — a person or animal with curly hair
• Irish: catachán — a person or animal with curly hair
• Italian: riccioluto — a person or animal with curly hair
• Polish: kręconowłosy — a person or animal with curly hair
• Polish: kędzierzawy — a person or animal with curly hair
• Portuguese: encaracolado — a person or animal with curly hair
• Russian: кудря́вый (kudrjávyj) — a person or animal with curly hair
• Spanish: rizado — a person or animal with curly hair
• Vietnamese: người tóc xoăn — a person or animal with curly hair