hairpin bend

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The shape resembles a hairpin.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: haarnaalddraai — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Catalan: revolt tancat — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Dutch: haarspeldbocht — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Finnish: neulansilmä — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Finnish: neulansilmämutka — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• French: virage en épingle à cheveux — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• West-Frisian: hierspjeldebocht — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• German: Haarnadelkurve — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• German: Kehre — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Greek: φουρκέτα (fourkéta) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Hebrew: עקלתון (akalatón) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Hungarian: hajtűkanyar — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Italian: tornante — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Italian: curva a gomito — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Korean: 급커브 (geupkeobeu) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Macedonian: о́стра кри́вина (óstra krívina) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Macedonian: о́стар за́вој (óstar závoj) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Macedonian: серпенти́на (serpentína) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Manx: lhoob geyre — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Manx: lhoob giare — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Norwegian Bokmål: hårnålssving — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hårnålssving — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Piedmontese: torniché — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Piedmontese: tornant — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Polish: ostry zakręt — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Russian: крутой поворот дороги (krutoj povorot dorogi) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: curva cerrada — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: curva en U — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: curva tipo ondulín — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: recodo — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: recoveco — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Spanish: quingo — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Swedish: serpentinväg — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Tamil: கொண்டையூசி வளைவு (koṇṭaiyūci vaḷaivu) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline
• Ukrainian: серпанти́н (serpantýn) — acute curve in a road on a steep incline