Phrase guide

curly bracket

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accolade, brace, curly brace, hooked bracket, moustache, mustache, squiggly, pregnant parenthesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bracket

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kllapa gjarpërore — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Assamese: মাজু বন্ধনী (mazu bondhoni) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Asturian: llave — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Belarusian: фігу́рная ду́жка (fihúrnaja dúžka) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Bulgarian: голя́ма ско́ба (goljáma skóba) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Bulgarian: къдрава скоба (kǎdrava skoba) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Bulgarian: фигурна скоба (figurna skoba) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Catalan: clau — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波形括號 /波形括号 (bōxíng kuòhào) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Czech: složená závorka — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Danish: tuborgklamme — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Danish: tuborgparentes — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Danish: krøllet parentes — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Danish: akkolade — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Danish: tuborg — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Dutch: accolade — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Esperanto: kuniga krampo — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Esperanto: kurba krampo — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Esperanto: vinkulo — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Finnish: aaltosulje — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Finnish: aaltosulku — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Finnish: aaltosulkumerkki — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • French: accolade — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Galician: chave — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • German: geschweifte Klammer — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • German: Schweifklammer — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Greek: μύστακας (mýstakas) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Greek: άγκιστρο (ágkistro) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Hungarian: kapcsos zárójel — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Indonesian: kurawal — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Indonesian: kurung kurawal — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Irish: lúibín slabhrach — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Italian: parentesi graffa — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Italian: graffa — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Macedonian: голема заграда (golema zagrada) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Malay: tanda kurung dakap — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Polish: klamra — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Polish: nawias klamrowy — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Portuguese: chave — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Portuguese: chaveta — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Portuguese: colchete — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Romanian: acoladă — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Russian: фигу́рная ско́бка (figúrnaja skóbka) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Serbo-Croatian: vitičasta zagrada — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Slovak: zložená zátvorka — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Spanish: llave — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Spanish: corchete tipo ballesta — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Swedish: klammerparentes — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Swedish: måsvingeparentes — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Swedish: krullparentes — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Swedish: måsvinge — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Thai: ปีกกา (bpìik-gaa) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Turkish: küme parantezi — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Ukrainian: фігу́рна ду́жка (fihúrna dúžka) — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Vietnamese: dấu ngoặc nhọn — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
  • Welsh: bach cyrliog — either of the two characters: “{” and “}”