English
Etymology
The shape resembles a hairpin.
Pronunciation
Noun
hairpin bend (plural hairpin bends)
- An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline.
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Translations
acute curve in a road on a steep incline
- Afrikaans: haarnaalddraai
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: revolt tancat m
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: haarspeldbocht (nl) f
- Finnish: neulansilmä (fi), neulansilmämutka
- French: virage en épingle à cheveux m
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: hierspjeldebocht c
- German: Haarnadelkurve (de) f, Kehre (de) f
- Greek: φουρκέτα (el) f (fourkéta)
- Hebrew: עקלתון (he) m (akalatón)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: hajtűkanyar (hu)
- Italian: tornante (it) m, curva a gomito f
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 급커브 (geupkeobeu)
- Macedonian: о́стра кри́вина f (óstra krívina), о́стар за́вој m (óstar závoj), серпенти́на f (serpentína)
- Manx: lhoob geyre m, lhoob giare m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hårnålssving m
- Nynorsk: hårnålssving m
- Piedmontese: torniché m, tornant m
- Polish: ostry zakręt m
- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: крутой поворот дороги (krutoj povorot dorogi)
- Spanish: curva cerrada f, curva en U f, curva tipo ondulín f, recodo (es) m, recoveco (es) m, quingo m
- Swedish: serpentinväg (sv) c
- Tamil: கொண்டையூசி வளைவு (ta) (koṇṭaiyūci vaḷaivu)
- Ukrainian: серпанти́н m (serpantýn)
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