hairpin bend

English

Hairpin bends in Stilfserjoch drive-up, northern Italy.

Etymology

The shape resembles a hairpin.

Noun

hairpin bend (plural hairpin bends)

1. An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline.

Synonyms

• hairpin curve
• hairpin turn

Coordinate terms

• horseshoe curve

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
• 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: horquilla (es) f, paella (es) f, herradura (es) f
• Swedish: serpentinväg (sv) c
• Ukrainian: серпанти́н m (serpantýn)
• West Frisian: hierspjeldebocht c

Further reading

• hairpin turn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia