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Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.

254 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kurwe — gentle bend
• Arabic: منحنى (munḥanā) — gentle bend
• Basque: kurba — gentle bend
• Bulgarian: извивка (izvivka) — gentle bend
• Catalan: revolt — gentle bend
• Chinese Cantonese: 彎 /弯 (waan1) — gentle bend
• Chinese Mandarin: 彎子 /弯子 (wānzi) — gentle bend
• Czech: ohyb — gentle bend
• Dutch: curve — gentle bend
• Dutch: kromming — gentle bend
• Dutch: bocht — gentle bend
• Esperanto: kurbo — gentle bend
• Esperanto: kurbiĝo — gentle bend
• Esperanto: sinuo — gentle bend
• Esperanto: ĝirejo — gentle bend
• Esperanto: vojturno — gentle bend
• Finnish: kaarre — gentle bend
• Finnish: kurvi — gentle bend
• Finnish: mutka — gentle bend
• French: courbe — gentle bend
• Galician: curva — gentle bend
• German: Kurve — gentle bend
• Greek: καμπύλη (kampýli) — gentle bend
• Ancient Greek: καμπή (kampḗ) — gentle bend
• Hebrew: עקימה (akimá) — gentle bend
• Higaonon: likoliko — gentle bend
• Hindi: चक्कर (cakkar) — gentle bend
• Hindi: घुमाव (ghumāv) — gentle bend
• Hungarian: kanyar — gentle bend
• Hungarian: kanyarulat — gentle bend
• Hungarian: hajlat — gentle bend
• Hungarian: hajlás — gentle bend
• Hungarian: ív — gentle bend
• Hungarian: görbület — gentle bend
• Ido: kurvo — gentle bend
• Indonesian: lengkungan — gentle bend
• Ingrian: mutka — gentle bend
• Irish: cuar — gentle bend
• Italian: curva — gentle bend
• Japanese: 曲線 (kyokusen) — gentle bend
• Khmer: របត់ (rɔbɑt) — gentle bend
• Latin: anfractus — gentle bend
• Latin: curvāmen — gentle bend
• Latin: flexus — gentle bend
• Latvian: līkums — gentle bend
• Lithuanian: linkis — gentle bend
• Lithuanian: vingis — gentle bend
• Macedonian: сви́ок (svíok) — gentle bend
• Māori: ānau — gentle bend
• Māori: kapu — gentle bend
• Marathi: वळण (vaḷaṇ) — gentle bend
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurve — gentle bend
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurve — gentle bend
• Old English: byġe — gentle bend
• Persian: پیچ (pič) — gentle bend
• Polish: zakręt — gentle bend
• Portuguese: curva — gentle bend
• Romanian: curbă — gentle bend
• Russian: изги́б (izgíb) — gentle bend
• Russian: крива́я (krivája) — gentle bend
• Russian: поворо́т (povorót) — gentle bend
• Sanskrit: अङ्कस् (aṅkas) — gentle bend
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha — gentle bend
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — gentle bend
• Spanish: curva — gentle bend
• Swedish: kurva — gentle bend
• Telugu: వంపు (vampu) — gentle bend
• Turkish: kıvrım — gentle bend
• Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — gentle bend
• Ottoman Turkish: كوشه (köşe) — gentle bend
• Vietnamese: khúc quanh — gentle bend
• Yiddish: אויסבייג (oysbeyg) — gentle bend
• Albanian: kthesë — curved line
• Bulgarian: крива линия (kriva linija) — curved line
• Catalan: corba — curved line
• Chinese Cantonese: 曲線 /曲线 (kuk1 sin3) — curved line
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲線 /曲线 (qūxiàn) — curved line
• Finnish: käyrä — curved line
• Galician: curva — curved line
• German: Kurve — curved line
• Greek: καμπύλη (kampýli) — curved line
• Hebrew: עקומה (akumá) — curved line
• Hungarian: görbe/íves/ívelt/kanyargó vonal — curved line
• Irish: cuar — curved line
• Italian: curva — curved line
• Japanese: 曲線 — curved line
• Khmer: ខ្សែកោង (khsaekaong) — curved line
• Korean: 곡선 (gokseon) — curved line
• Māori: ānau — curved line
• Navajo: ahééʼídzoh — curved line
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurve — curved line
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurve — curved line
• Persian: منحنی (monhani) — curved line
• Polish: krzywa — curved line
• Portuguese: curva — curved line
• Romanian: curbă — curved line
• Russian: крива́я (krivája) — curved line
• Spanish: curva — curved line
• Swahili: mchirizo — curved line
• Tagalog: kilo — curved line
• Tagalog: guhit na kilo — curved line
• Turkish: eğri — curved line
• Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — curved line
• Vietnamese: đường cong — curved line
• Afrikaans: kurwe — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Bulgarian: крива (kriva) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Catalan: corba — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲線 /曲线 (qūxiàn) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Czech: křivka — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Danish: kurve — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Dutch: curve — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Dutch: kromme — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Esperanto: kurbo — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Finnish: kaari — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Finnish: käyrä — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• French: courbe — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Georgian: წირი (c̣iri) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Georgian: მრუდი (mrudi) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• German: Linie — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Greek: καμπύλη (kampýli) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Hungarian: görbe — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Hungarian: grafikon — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Hungarian: függvényábra — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Icelandic: ferill — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Ido: kurvo — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Indonesian: kurva — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Irish: cuar — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Italian: curva — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Japanese: 曲線 (kyokusen) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Latvian: līkne — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Lithuanian: kreivė — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Macedonian: кри́ва (kríva) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Navajo: ahééʼídzoh — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Norwegian Bokmål: kurve — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kurve — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Persian: خم (xam) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Polish: krzywa — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Portuguese: curva — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Romanian: curbă — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Romanian: linie curbă — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Romanian: linie curbată — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Russian: крива́я (krivája) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Slovene: krivulja — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Spanish: curva — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Swedish: kurva — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Tagalog: kilo — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Turkish: eğri — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Zazaki: çewt (diq) — geometry: one-dimensional figure
• Afrikaans: kurwe — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Bulgarian: извивки (izvivki) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Catalan: corbes — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Chinese Cantonese: 曲線 /曲线 (kuk1 sin3) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Danish: kurver — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Dutch: rondingen — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Dutch: figuur — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Finnish: kurvi — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Finnish: kurvit — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• French: courbes — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• German: Kurven — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Greek: καμπύλη (kampýli) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Greek: καμπύλες (kampýles) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Hebrew: חיטובים (khit'uvym) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Hindi: घुमाव (ghumāv) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Hungarian: idomok — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Hungarian: domborulat — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Italian: curva — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Macedonian: о́блина (óblina) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Macedonian: о́блини (óblini) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Portuguese: curvas — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Russian: изги́б (izgíb) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Serbo-Croatian: облине — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Serbo-Croatian: облѝна — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Serbo-Croatian: obline — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Serbo-Croatian: oblìna — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Spanish: curvas — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Swedish: kurva — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Swedish: figur — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Telugu: వంపులు (vampulu) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Telugu: వొంపులు (vompulu) — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Turkish: kıvrım — informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
• Armenian: ծռել (cṙel) — bend, crook
• Bulgarian: извивам (izvivam) — bend, crook
• Bulgarian: изкривявам (izkrivjavam) — bend, crook
• Catalan: corbar — bend, crook
• Catalan: encorbar — bend, crook
• Dutch: krommen — bend, crook
• Dutch: plooien — bend, crook
• Dutch: buigen — bend, crook
• Finnish: käyristää — bend, crook
• French: courber — bend, crook
• Galician: curvar — bend, crook
• Georgian: ღუნვა (ɣunva) — bend, crook
• German: biegen — bend, crook
• German: verbiegen — bend, crook
• Hindi: मोड़ना (moṛnā) — bend, crook
• Hungarian: elgörbít — bend, crook
• Hungarian: begörbít — bend, crook
• Hungarian: hajlít — bend, crook
• Irish: cuar — bend, crook
• Italian: curvare — bend, crook
• Korean: 구부리다 (guburida) — bend, crook
• Macedonian: ви́тка (vítka) — bend, crook
• Macedonian: сви́ткува (svítkuva) — bend, crook
• Macedonian: искри́вува (iskrívuva) — bend, crook
• Middle English: croken — bend, crook
• Portuguese: curvar — bend, crook
• Portuguese: envergar — bend, crook
• Russian: изгиба́ть (izgibátʹ) — bend, crook
• Russian: гнуть (gnutʹ) — bend, crook
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — bend, crook
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — bend, crook
• Spanish: curvar — bend, crook
• Spanish: encorvar — bend, crook
• Spanish: corvar — bend, crook
• Spanish: curvear — bend, crook
• Swedish: böja — bend, crook
• Swedish: kröka — bend, crook
• Turkish: bükmek — bend, crook
• Turkish: eğmek — bend, crook
• Turkish: kıvırmak — bend, crook
• Ottoman Turkish: بوكمك (bükmek) — bend, crook
• Ottoman Turkish: اكمك (eğmek) — bend, crook
• Hungarian: csavar — cause to swerve from a straight course
• Hungarian: ível — cause to swerve from a straight course
• Portuguese: curvar — cause to swerve from a straight course
• Bulgarian: извивам се (izvivam se) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Dutch: afbuigen — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Finnish: kaartaa — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Galician: curvar — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Georgian: გაღუნვა (gaɣunva) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Hungarian: kanyarodik — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Hungarian: görbül — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Hungarian: hajlik — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Hungarian: csavarodik — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Ido: kurveskar — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Irish: cuar — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Irish: cas — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Irish: cor — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Irish: lúb — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Italian: curvare — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Japanese: 曲がる (magaru) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Khmer: បត់ (bɑt) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Korean: 구부러지다 (gubureojida) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Macedonian: се и́звива (se ízviva) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Portuguese: curvar — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Russian: изгиба́ться (izgibátʹsja) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Russian: гну́ться (gnútʹsja) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Spanish: curvear — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Swedish: böja (sig) — bend or turn gradually from a given direction
• Turkish: kıvrılmak — bend or turn gradually from a given direction