curtain

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːtn̩/
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• General-American: /ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/
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• General-American: [ˈkhɜɹʔn̩]
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• homophone: Kirton (fern–fir–fur merger)
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tən
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• CMU ARPABET: K ER1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English curtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), a calque from Ancient Greek.

273 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: naghicʼetʼi — piece of cloth covering a window
• Albanian: perde — piece of cloth covering a window
• Northern Altai: кӧжӧӧ (köžöö) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Southern Altai: кӧжӧгӧ (köžögö) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Amharic: መጋረጃ (mägaräǧa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: سِتَارَة (sitāra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: ستارة (setāra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: خامية (ḵāmiyya) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: برداية (birdēye) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: ستارة — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: ستار — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: برداية (burdāye) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: برداي (burdāy) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Arabic: جلالة (jlāle) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܲܪܕܵܐ (pārda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܸܪܣܵܐ (pirsa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Armenian: վարագույր (varaguyr) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Asturian: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Azerbaijani: pərdə — piece of cloth covering a window
• Bashkir: пәрҙә (pərźə) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Basque: errezel — piece of cloth covering a window
• Basque: gortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: засло́на (zaslóna) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: фіра́нка (firánka) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: занаве́ска (zanavjéska) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: карты́на (kartýna) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: што́ра (štóra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Belarusian: парцье́ра (parcʹjéra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Bengali: পরদা (porda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Bulgarian: перде́ (perdé) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Bulgarian: заве́са (zavésa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Burmese: တင်းထိမ် (tang:htim) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Burmese: ကန့်လန့်ကာ (kan.lan.ka) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Catalan: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese Cantonese: 窗簾 /窗帘 — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese: 窗仔 (zh-min-nan) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese: 窗簾仔 /窗帘仔 (thang-lî-á) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese: 窗仔簾 /窗仔帘 (thang-á-nî) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese: kha-tián — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese Mandarin: 窗簾 /窗帘 (chuānglián) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chinese Mandarin: 簾子 /帘子 (liánzi) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Chuvash: чаршав (čarš̬av) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Czech: závěs — piece of cloth covering a window
• Czech: záclona — piece of cloth covering a window
• Danish: gardin — piece of cloth covering a window
• Dutch: gordijn — piece of cloth covering a window
• Esperanto: kurteno — piece of cloth covering a window
• Estonian: kardin — piece of cloth covering a window
• Estonian: eesriie — piece of cloth covering a window
• Faroese: gardina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Faroese: gluggatjald — piece of cloth covering a window
• Finnish: verho — piece of cloth covering a window
• French: rideau — piece of cloth covering a window
• Galician: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Georgian: ფარდა (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• German: Vorhang — piece of cloth covering a window
• German: Gardine — piece of cloth covering a window
• Greek: κουρτίνα (kourtína) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ancient Greek: προκάλυμμα (prokálumma) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Gujarati: ઢાંકપિછોડો (ḍhā̃kpichoḍo) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Hebrew: וִילוֹן (vilón) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Hindi: पर्दा (pardā) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Hungarian: függöny — piece of cloth covering a window
• Hungarian: firhang — piece of cloth covering a window
• Icelandic: gluggatjald — piece of cloth covering a window
• Icelandic: gardína — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ido: kurteno — piece of cloth covering a window
• Indonesian: tirai — piece of cloth covering a window
• Indonesian: tabir — piece of cloth covering a window
• Indonesian: gorden — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ingrian: zanaveska — piece of cloth covering a window
• Irish: cuirtín — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: tenda — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: tappezzeria — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: drappo — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: drappeggio — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: tendina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Italian: tendaggio — piece of cloth covering a window
• Japanese: カーテン (kāten) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Kashubian: gardina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Kazakh: перде (perde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Khmer: វាំងនន (vĕəng nɔɔn) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Korean: 커튼 (keoteun) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Central Kurdish: پەردە (perde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Northern Kurdish: perde — piece of cloth covering a window
• Kyrgyz: парда (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Kyrgyz: көшөгө (köşögö) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ຜ້າມ່ານ (phā mān) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ເກີ້ງ (kœ̄ng) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ມ່ານ (mān) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ວິສູດ (wi sūt) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ສາກ (sāk) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lao: ຜ້າກັ້ງ (phā kang) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Latin: plagula — piece of cloth covering a window
• Latin: aulaeum — piece of cloth covering a window
• Latvian: aizkars — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lithuanian: užuolaida — piece of cloth covering a window
• Luxembourgish: Rido — piece of cloth covering a window
• Macedonian: завеса (zavesa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Macedonian: перде (perde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Malay: langsir — piece of cloth covering a window
• Malay: tirai — piece of cloth covering a window
• Malay: tabir — piece of cloth covering a window
• Brunei Malay: tabir — piece of cloth covering a window
• Maltese: purtiera — piece of cloth covering a window
• Māori: pīhi — piece of cloth covering a window
• Māori: ārai — piece of cloth covering a window
• Māori: tauārai — piece of cloth covering a window
• Māori: ārei — piece of cloth covering a window
• Mongolian: хөшиг (xöšig) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠰᠢᠭᠡ (kösige) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Norwegian Bokmål: gardin — piece of cloth covering a window
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gardin — piece of cloth covering a window
• Occitan: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Odia: ପରଦା (Paradā) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Old English: wāgrift — piece of cloth covering a window
• Pannonian Rusyn: зависа (zavisa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Pannonian Rusyn: фиронґа (fironga) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Pashto: پرده (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Pashto: پېڅول (paissawal) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Dari: پَرْدَه (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Iranian Persian: پَرْدِه (parde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Plautdietsch: Väahank — piece of cloth covering a window
• Polish: zasłona — piece of cloth covering a window
• Polish: zasłonka — piece of cloth covering a window
• Polish: firana — piece of cloth covering a window
• Polish: firanka — piece of cloth covering a window
• Portuguese: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Punjabi: ਪਰਦਾ (pardā) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Punjabi: پَرْدَہ (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romanian: perdea — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romanian: draperie — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romansh: sumbrival — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romansh: umbrival — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romansh: tenda — piece of cloth covering a window
• Romansh: curtgina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Russian: што́ра (štóra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Russian: занаве́ска (zanavéska) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Russian: гарди́на (gardína) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Russian: портье́ра (portʹjéra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Northern Sami: láseliidni — piece of cloth covering a window
• Northern Sami: lássaliidni — piece of cloth covering a window
• Northern Sami: glássaliidni — piece of cloth covering a window
• Skolt-Sami: zääˊvesǩ — piece of cloth covering a window
• Scottish Gaelic: cùirtear — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑веса — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑вјеса — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: за́стор — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvesa — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvjesa — piece of cloth covering a window
• Serbo-Croatian: zástor — piece of cloth covering a window
• Slovak: opona — piece of cloth covering a window
• Slovene: zavésa — piece of cloth covering a window
• Somali: daah — piece of cloth covering a window
• Lower Sorbian: gardina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Spanish: cortina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Swahili: pazia — piece of cloth covering a window
• Swedish: gardin — piece of cloth covering a window
• Swedish: förhänge — piece of cloth covering a window
• Swedish: skynke — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tagalog: kurtina — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tajik: парда (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tamil: திரைச்சீலை (tiraiccīlai) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tamil: திரை (tirai) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tatar: пәрдә (pärdä) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Telugu: తెర (tera) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Thai: ม่าน (mâan) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Thai: ผ้าม่าน (pâa-mâan) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tibetan: ཁྲ་ཡོལ (khra yol) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Tibetan: ཡོལ་བ (yol ba) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Turkish: perde — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ottoman Turkish: پرده (perde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Turkmen: perde — piece of cloth covering a window
• Turkmen: tuty — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: заві́са (zavísa) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: занаві́ска (zanavíska) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: курти́на (kurtýna) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: портьє́ра (portʹjéra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: што́ра (štóra) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: фіра́нка (firánka) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Ukrainian: засло́на (zaslóna) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Unami: kpapehële — piece of cloth covering a window
• Urdu: پَرْدَہ (parda) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Uyghur: پەردە (perde) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Uzbek: parda — piece of cloth covering a window
• Venetan: coltrìna — piece of cloth covering a window
• Vietnamese: màn cửa — piece of cloth covering a window
• Vietnamese: màn — piece of cloth covering a window
• Vietnamese: rèm — piece of cloth covering a window
• Vietnamese: ri-đô — piece of cloth covering a window
• Walloon: gordene — piece of cloth covering a window
• Welsh: cyrten — piece of cloth covering a window
• Welsh: llen — piece of cloth covering a window
• Yiddish: פֿירהאַנג (firhang) — piece of cloth covering a window
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܲܪܕܵܐ (pārda) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܸܪܣܵܐ (pirsa) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Armenian: վարագույր (varaguyr) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Azerbaijani: pərdə — piece of cloth in a theater
• Bashkir: шаршау (şarşaw) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Basque: antzoki-oihal — piece of cloth in a theater
• Bulgarian: заве́са (zavésa) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Catalan: teló — piece of cloth in a theater
• Chinese Mandarin: 幕布 (mùbù) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Czech: opona — piece of cloth in a theater
• Danish: tæppe — piece of cloth in a theater
• Dutch: doek — piece of cloth in a theater
• Esperanto: kurteno — piece of cloth in a theater
• Finnish: esirippu — piece of cloth in a theater
• French: rideau — piece of cloth in a theater
• Georgian: ფარდა (parda) — piece of cloth in a theater
• German: Vorhang — piece of cloth in a theater
• Greek: αυλαία (avlaía) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Ancient Greek: αὐλαία (aulaía) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Hebrew: מָסָךְ (masákh) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Hindi: पर्दा (pardā) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Icelandic: leikhústjald — piece of cloth in a theater
• Icelandic: tjald — piece of cloth in a theater
• Irish: brat — piece of cloth in a theater
• Italian: sipario — piece of cloth in a theater
• Japanese: 幕 (maku) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Japanese: 緞帳 (donchō) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Japanese: 引き幕 (hikimaku) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Korean: 커튼 (keoteun) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Latin: sīparium — piece of cloth in a theater
• Macedonian: кули́са (kulísa) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Mongolian: хөшиг (xöšig) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠰᠢᠭᠡ (kösige) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Norwegian: teppe — piece of cloth in a theater
• Norwegian: forheng — piece of cloth in a theater
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teppe — piece of cloth in a theater
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forheng — piece of cloth in a theater
• Dari: پَرْدَه (parda) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Iranian Persian: پَرْدِه (parde) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Polish: kurtyna — piece of cloth in a theater
• Portuguese: cortina — piece of cloth in a theater
• Punjabi: ਪਰਦਾ (pardā) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Punjabi: پَرْدَہ (parda) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Romanian: cortină — piece of cloth in a theater
• Russian: за́навес (zánaves) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Russian: кули́са (kulísa) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Scottish Gaelic: cùirtear — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑веса — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑вјеса — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: за́стор — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvesa — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvjesa — piece of cloth in a theater
• Serbo-Croatian: zástor — piece of cloth in a theater
• Slovak: opona — piece of cloth in a theater
• Slovene: zavésa — piece of cloth in a theater
• Spanish: telón — piece of cloth in a theater
• Swahili: pazia — piece of cloth in a theater
• Swedish: ridå — piece of cloth in a theater
• Tagalog: kurtina — piece of cloth in a theater
• Tamil: திரை (tirai) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Turkish: perde — piece of cloth in a theater
• Ottoman Turkish: پرده (perde) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Urdu: پَرْدَہ (parda) — piece of cloth in a theater
• Walloon: toele — piece of cloth in a theater
• Welsh: llen — piece of cloth in a theater
• Māori: tiāroa — in a fortification the main area of a fortified wall.
• Azerbaijani: pərdələmək — to cover with a curtain
• Finnish: verhota — to cover with a curtain
• Polish: zasłonić — to cover with a curtain
• Portuguese: cobrir com cortina — to cover with a curtain
• Portuguese: acortinar — to cover with a curtain
• Portuguese: encortinar — to cover with a curtain
• Russian: зашто́ривать (zaštórivatʹ) — to cover with a curtain
• Russian: зашто́рить (zaštóritʹ) — to cover with a curtain
• Swahili: pazia — to cover with a curtain
• Tamil: திரை போர்த்து (tirai pōrttu) — to cover with a curtain
• Turkish: perdelemek — to cover with a curtain
• Ottoman Turkish: پردهلمك (perdelemek) — to cover with a curtain