Curl

//kɜɹl//

Synonyms for "curl" (103 found)

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Translations

175 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὄστλιγξ noun (curving lock of hair)
  • ἑλίσσω verb (to make into a curl or spiral)

Arabic

1 entries
  • جَعْدَة noun (curving lock of hair)

Asturian

4 entries
  • rotacional noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)
  • rotacional noun (mathematics: vector operator)
  • rotor noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)
  • rotor noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • burmaq verb (to twist or form into ringlets)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • бөҙрә noun (curving lock of hair)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бу́кла noun (curving lock of hair)
  • извивка noun (curved stroke or shape)
  • къдри́ца noun (curving lock of hair)
  • ротация noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bucle noun (curving lock of hair)
  • caragol noun (curving lock of hair)
  • floc noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotacional noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)

Czech

4 entries
  • kadeř noun (curving lock of hair)
  • kudrna noun (curving lock of hair)
  • kučera noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotace noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)

Danish

1 entries
  • lok noun (curving lock of hair)

Dutch

3 entries
  • krul noun (curving lock of hair)
  • lok noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotatie noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • buklo noun (curving lock of hair)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kierre noun (spin making the trajectory curve)
  • kierre noun (curling: movement)
  • kihara noun (curving lock of hair)
  • kihara noun (curved stroke or shape)

French

3 entries
  • boucle noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotationnel noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)
  • rotationnel noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Galician

4 entries
  • bucre noun (curving lock of hair)
  • carrapizo noun (curving lock of hair)
  • crecho noun (curving lock of hair)
  • frechón noun (curving lock of hair)

German

1 entries
  • Locke noun (curving lock of hair)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תלתל noun (curving lock of hair)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fürt noun (curving lock of hair)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lokkur noun (curving lock of hair)

Ido

1 entries
  • loklo noun (curving lock of hair)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kuudra noun (curving lock of hair)

Irish

2 entries
  • coirnín noun (curving lock of hair)
  • cuach noun (curving lock of hair)

Italian

4 entries
  • accartocciamento noun (plant disease)
  • arricciamento noun (curved stroke or shape)
  • arricciamento noun (plant disease)
  • boccolo noun (curving lock of hair)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 巻き毛 noun (curving lock of hair)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • cārta noun (curving lock of hair)
  • sprūga noun (curving lock of hair)

Latin

1 entries
  • cirrus noun (curving lock of hair)

Latvian

1 entries
  • cirta noun (curving lock of hair)

Maltese

1 entries
  • nokkla noun (curving lock of hair)

Manx

2 entries
  • cassag noun (curving lock of hair)
  • keshag noun (curving lock of hair)

Māori

3 entries
  • māwhatu noun (curving lock of hair)
  • kapukapu verb (to assume the shape of a curl or spiral)
  • takawiriwiri verb (to twist or form into ringlets)

Norman

2 entries
  • boucl'ye noun (curving lock of hair)
  • corle noun (curving lock of hair)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • kroll noun (curving lock of hair)
  • lokk noun (curving lock of hair)

Old English

1 entries
  • crincan verb (to assume the shape of a curl or spiral)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • مار noun (curving lock of hair)
  • پورچك noun (curving lock of hair)
  • اكمك verb (to make into a curl or spiral)
  • بوكمك verb (to make into a curl or spiral)

Persian

1 entries
  • زلف noun (curving lock of hair)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kroll noun (curving lock of hair)

Polish

4 entries
  • kędzior noun (curving lock of hair)
  • lok noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotacja noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)
  • rotacja noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cacho noun (curving lock of hair)
  • caracol noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotacional noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)
  • rotacional noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Russian

4 entries
  • завито́к noun (curving lock of hair)
  • завито́к noun (curved stroke or shape)
  • завиту́шка noun (curved stroke or shape)
  • кудря́шка noun (curving lock of hair)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bachal noun (curving lock of hair)
  • cam-lùb noun (curving lock of hair)
  • camag noun (curving lock of hair)
  • camalag noun (curving lock of hair)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • lokna noun (curving lock of hair)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • rizzu noun (curving lock of hair)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kučera noun (curving lock of hair)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bucle noun (curving lock of hair)
  • flexión noun (weightlifting: type of exercise)
  • rizo noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotacional noun (vector field denoting rotationality of a given vector field)

Swedish

4 entries
  • curl noun (curling: movement)
  • hårlock noun (curving lock of hair)
  • lock noun (curving lock of hair)
  • rotation noun (mathematics: vector operator)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కురులు noun (curving lock of hair)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кучер noun (curving lock of hair)

Welsh

3 entries
  • crychiad noun (plant disease)
  • cwrl noun (curving lock of hair)
  • cwrl noun (curved stroke or shape)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.

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It's not the mode for young girls to curl their bangs.

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She made his hair curl.

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Cut off that curl!

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.