different between curling vs rink

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /?k??l??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??(?)l??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l??

Noun

curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)

1. The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
   • 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer

     Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings,
     Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft,
     And your face smooth with ointments […]

2. (uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

Coordinate terms

• (sports) rink

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

curling

1. present participle of curl

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kurli?/, [?kurli?]
• IPA^(key): /?kø?rli?/, [?kø??rli?]

Noun

curling

1. (sports) curling

Declension

Synonyms

• (sport): kurlaus (informal)

Derived terms

• kurlata

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kœ?.li?/

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

1. curling

Derived terms

• curling en fauteuil roulant

Related terms

• curleur
• curleuse

Polish

Etymology

From English curling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r.l?ink/

Noun

curling m inan

1. curling (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) curlingowy

Further reading

• curling in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• curling in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English curling.

Noun

curling m (uncountable)

1. curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English curling.

Noun

curling c (uncountable)

1. curling

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US, UK) IPA^(key): /???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *re?- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of ring (“ring”); compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”). Doublet of ring.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
2. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

   We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.

3. A surface for roller skating.
4. A building housing an ice rink.
5. (curling) A team in a competition.

   The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.

Descendants

• Portuguese: rinque

Translations

Anagrams

• Kirn

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

rink (verbal noun rinkey)

1. to dance

Synonyms

• daunse

Derived terms

• rinkagh

Related terms

• daunsagh
• daunsin
• rinkey

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rinkan?.

Noun

rink (preterite rinkä)

1. (ergative) shake, rock

Related terms

• reka
• rega
• riikk