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Definition: Curtain |
CurtainNoun1. Hanging cloth used as a blind. 2. Any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees". Verb1. Provide with curtains, as of a room or a window. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "curtain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Curtain (1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from the sanctuary, is designated by a different Hebrew word (peroketh). It is described as a "veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work" (Ex. 26:31; Lev. 16:2; Num. 18:7). (3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isa. 40:22), is an expression used with reference to the veil or awning which Orientals spread for a screen over their courts in summer. According to the prophet, the heavens are spread over our heads as such an awning. Similar expressions are found in Ps. 104:2l; comp. Isa. 44:24; Job 9:8. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Electrical Engineering | As explained earlier, some radiant superheater surface must be incorporated for the present steam pressure and temperature conditions, and the alternative to wall surface is "curtains", which are really widely spaced platen elements. In each subdivision of the furnace there are six curtains at about 6ft centres. Each curtain consists of a vertical and horizontal leg, the latter being supported from boiler tubes peeled off the front wall. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Curtain (The). In fortification, the line of rampart which joins together the flanks of two "bastions" (q.v.). Curtain To ring down the curtain. To bring a matter to an end. A theatrical term. When the act or play is over, the bell rings and the green curtain comes down. "A few more matters of routine will be accomplished, and then the curtain will be rung down on the Session of 1891." - Newspaper Paragraph, July 27th, 1891. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A sheet of brattice cloth hung across an entry in such a way as to prevent the passage of an air current but not to hinder the passage of mules or mine cars. In coal mines, curtains are used to deflect the air from the entries into the working rooms and to hold the air along the faces. They are usually made of a number of overlapping strips of heavy curtain material, that should be of fireproof or fire-resistant material. Syn:check curtain b. Also called cover c. A thin sheet of dripstone hanging from the ceiling or projecting from the wall of a cave d. A rock formation that connects two neighboring bastions e. One of a series of steps cut in a valley side and exaggerated bycultivation. (references) |
Transportation | A fluid flow, issuing from ducts or nozzles under an ACV, to contain or divide a cushion. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CurtainSynonyms: drape (n), drapery (n), mantle (n), pall (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ambush | Screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud. |
Beginning | Noun: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction; (precursor); alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain; maiden speech; outbreak, onset, brunt; initiative, move, first move; narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge; fresh start, new departure. |
Concealment | Underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night; stealthily; Adjective: behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen; incognito; in camera. |
Cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud; cover up one's tracks; screen from sight, screen from observation; drawing the veil; draw the curtain, close the curtain; curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over; be cloud, be mask; mask, disguise; ensconce, muffle, smother; befog; whisper. | |
Defense | Breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin; vauntmure; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage, fort-alice; lines. |
Disapprobation | Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look. |
Disclosure | Verb: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light. |
End | Consummation, denouement; finish; (completion); fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit, determination; expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination; death; end of all things; finality; eschatology. |
Inquiry | Reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying; Verb: espionage, espionnage; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes. |
Knowledge | Aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au -fait, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived. |
The Drama | Flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Slow, curtain, the end. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) There were five curtain calls (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard) Why does the sun come up, or are the stars just pinholes in the curtain of night (Highlander; writing credit: Gregory Widen) Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley) You you opened a curtain into Avalon, and lifted me in. (The Mists of Avalon; writing credit: Marion Zimmer Bradley; Gavin Scott) | |
Lyrics | Then they can bring the curtain down (Are You Lonesome Tonight?; performing artist: Elvis Presley) And so I face the final curtain. ("My Way"; performing artist: Frank Sinatra) Where no curtain hung, (Comin' Back to Me; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) The Curtain Comes Down (Dirty Diana; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson) And my curtain calls ("We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"; performing artist: Queen) | |
Clever | I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up. (references; author: Groucho Marx) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Christo's Valley Curtain (1973) Torn Curtain (1966) Behind the Nudist Curtain (1964) Beyond the Curtain (1960) Final Curtain (1957) | |
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 | There are 8 images of doctors examining an infant in the intensive care unit (ICU). The images vary from the main group alone with a curtain pulled to the curtain open with other staff in the background. See artwork: NCI-40. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | A white nurse takes the blood pressure of a black female patient in front of a white curtain. See artwork: OCC-04. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | In this Hubble telescope picture, a curtain of glowing gas is wrapped around Jupiter's north ... Credit: NASA. |  | Aurora Australis - surrealistic view of South Pole station with auroral curtain and exhaust emanating in curved line fro. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Tangent Curtain Test : School Of Aviation Medicine. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Operating on training duty, with six SNJ "Texan" aircraft on deck lined up for takeoff, circa the later 1940s or early 1950s. The photo's original caption reads "The stage is set for the final scene of Basic Training: the flight students will qualify six carrier landings in SNJ 'Texans' and the curtain will descend on the graduation finale.". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Fish curtain in the dining-room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The curtain is about to go up. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Iron curtain. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bauhaus design problem for one-bedroom courtyard house; site plan, floor plan, and perspective elevation showing the bedroom partition and living room seen through glass curtain wall, and covered outdoor living area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Orangy curtain" by C.H. So Commentary: "A summer sunset on my window." | "Curtain 01" by Nicholas Sales Commentary: "Curtain." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Schopenhauer | In early life, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theater before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly wating for the play to begin. |
Francois Rabelais | I am going to seek a grand perhaps; draw the curtain, the farce is played. |
Frantois Rabelais | Draw the curtain, the fraud is over. |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In front of the iron curtain which lies across Europe are other causes for anxiety. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The shadow of the curtain fell on Hester Prynne, and partially concealed her. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When the alcove was occupied, a heavy serge curtain was drawn in the oratory, concealing the altar |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He could hear the band playing The Lily of Killarney and knew that in a few moments the curtain would go up. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She looked back nervously at the curtain. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Symptoms include a sudden or gradual increase in the number of floaters and/or light flashes in the eye or the appearance of a curtain over the field of vision. (references) | |
Business | Curtain trends vary considerably throughout Europe. (references) | |
Bedspreads and tablecloths are usually made by curtain manufacturers. (references) | ||
Curtain fabrics are also used to make bedspreads, tapestries and draperies. (references) | ||
Women | Afghanistan | In December 1998, the Taliban ordered that bus drivers who took female passengers must encase the bus in curtains and put up a curtain so that the female passengers cannot see or be seen by the driver. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Thus, we in the free world are moving steadily toward unity and cooperation, in the teeth of that old Bolshevik prophecy, and at the very time when extraordinary rumbles of discord can be heard across the Iron Curtain. |
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| "Curtain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.98% of the time. "Curtain" is used about 1,311 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.98% | 1,232 | 6,340 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.65% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.84% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.3% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.23% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,311 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Takahashi Curtain Wall Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "curtain": auroral curtain ♦ bamboo curtain ♦ before the rising of the curtain ♦ behind the curtain ♦ closing curtain ♦ curtain arrangement ♦ curtain call ♦ curtain drain ♦ curtain lecture ♦ curtain like ♦ curtain loop ♦ curtain of rain ♦ curtain of sheet piling ♦ curtain of the ark ♦ curtain off ♦ curtain pole ♦ curtain raiser ♦ curtain raising ♦ curtain ring ♦ curtain rod ♦ curtain scars ♦ curtain wall ♦ curtain walling ♦ curtain worth ♦ door curtain ♦ draw the curtain ♦ draw the curtain over smth. ♦ Drop curtain ♦ fly curtain ♦ iron curtain ♦ iron curtain countries ♦ lace curtain ♦ lift the curtain ♦ mosquito curtain ♦ net curtain ♦ peep behind the curtain ♦ raise the curtain ♦ raise the curtain up ♦ ring down the curtain ♦ ring down the curtain on smth. ♦ ring up the curtain ♦ rotary air curtain drum ♦ safety curtain ♦ shower curtain ♦ tableau curtain ♦ the bamboo curtain ♦ The curtain falls ♦ The curtain rises ♦ the iron curtain ♦ the rise of the curtain ♦ theater curtain ♦ theatre curtain ♦ To draw a curtain ♦ To draw the curtain ♦ To drop the curtain ♦ withdraw the curtain. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "curtain": curtain-call, curtain-calls, curtain-darkened, curtain-fire, curtain-holders, curtain-line, curtain-makers, curtain-making, curtain-muffled, curtain-opener, curtain-pole, curtain-pull, curtain-rails, curtain-raiser, curtain-raisers, curtain-rod, curtain-twitching, curtain-up, curtain-wall, curtain-walled, curtain-walling, curtain-wire. | |
Ending with "curtain": baffle-curtain, bed-curtain, door-curtain, front-of-curtain, half-curtain, net-curtain, theatre-curtain, under-curtain, window-curtain. | |
Containing "curtain": red-and-white-check-curtain-windowed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
curtain | 6,424 | tab top curtain | 165 |
shower curtain | 4,647 | make curtain | 136 |
country curtain | 1,276 | making curtain | 131 |
curtain rod | 1,058 | curtain design | 129 |
kitchen curtain | 812 | bathroom shower curtain | 128 |
window curtain | 706 | kid shower curtain | 128 |
beaded curtain | 472 | drapery and curtain | 124 |
turbidity curtain | 402 | sewing curtain | 121 |
baffle curtain | 388 | curtain window treatment | 121 |
lace curtain | 291 | iron curtain | 120 |
curtain floating | 255 | curtain fabric | 117 |
curtain pattern | 235 | waverly curtain | 115 |
silt curtain | 231 | cafe curtain | 108 |
fabric shower curtain | 215 | air curtain | 106 |
shower curtain rod | 207 | vinyl shower curtain | 105 |
curtain drape | 207 | door curtain | 104 |
discount curtain | 198 | curtain idea | 96 |
bead curtain | 197 | child curtain | 95 |
bamboo curtain | 190 | kid curtain | 95 |
sheer curtain | 180 | bay window curtain | 89 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "curtain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gordyn. (various references) | |
Albanian | perde (albugo, cataract, cloak, coulisse, curtains, drape, drapery, mist, opacity, proscenium, purdah, screen, shroud, veil). (various references) | |
Arabic | نهاية المشهد, حجاب (amulet, blind, cameo, cloth, cover, covering, phylactery, screen, veil), ستارة (blind, drape, hanging, pelmet, rag), ستار المسرح, ستار (cover, curtain wall, pretext, screen), جزء من جدار, رفع الستار (rise). (various references) | |
Basque | gortina. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | sotánikimaa'tsis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагам завеса, куртина, неносеща стена, начало на представление, закривам със завеса, завеса (drape, drapery, veil), бараж (barrage), перде (cataract, drapery, mist, veil, walleye). (various references) | |
Chinese | 簾 , 幃 (tent, women's apartment), 幬 (canopy), 幔 , 帳 (account, credit, debt, mosquito net, tent), 帷幕, 帷 (screen). (various references) | |
Cornish | croglen. (various references) | |
Czech | závìs (hinge, tow), záclona, opona (curtain call, drop, drop scene, veil). (various references) | |
Danish | gardin (air curtain). (various references) | |
Dutch | scherm (screen, shelter), gordijn, doek (cloth, linen, painting, picture). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kurteno. (various references) | |
Faeroese | gluggatjald, gardina. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرده (Blind, Membrane, Screen, Veil), غشاء (Membrane, Scruff), حجاجب , جدار (Septum, Wall), دیوار (Bulkhead, Enclosure, Fence, Screen, Wall). (various references) | |
Finnish | verho (cloak, cover). (various references) | |
French | rideau. (various references) | |
Frisian | gerdyn. (various references) | |
German | Vorhang (drapes), Gardine (drape). (various references) | |
Greek | κουρτίνα (drape, drapery), αυλαία (drop curtain). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | perde. (various references) | |
Hebrew | וילון (blind, drape). (various references) | |
Hungarian | függöny (arras, blind, drapes, drop curtain, hangings, veil), szádfal, kurtina, kulcslyukpajzs (keyhole guard), kerítésfal, bástyakör. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tirai, tabir (baize, screen), korden, gorden. (various references) | |
Italian | cortina (hanging, screen), tenda (awning, blind, tent), sipario. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 垂幕 (hanging screen), 垂れ幕 (hanging screen), 幕 (act, bunting), 幔幕 (drapery), 天幕 (pavilion, tent), 天幕 (pavilion, tent), カーソル強調 (car chase, car train, card, card loan, card system, cardigan, cardinal, cart, carton, cartoon, cartridge, curd, cursored emphasis, curtain antenna, curtain call, curtain lecture, curtain wall, passenger and freight train), 帳 , 帷幕 (field staff headquarters, secret meeting place), 帷帳 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たれまく (hanging screen), まんまく (drapery), いばく (field staff headquarters, secret meeting place), いちょう (chief physician, foreign country, foreign court, gastrointestine, gingko tree, ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree, medical director, notification to authorities, stomach, transposition), カーテン (carton), とばり (act, bunting), てんまく (pavilion, tent). (various references) | |
Korean | 커튼. (various references) | |
Manx | curtan (veil), cur curtan er, brat (apron, cloak, clot, coat, coating, cover, covering, film, layer, overgrowth, pall, pinafore, sheet, standing crop, wrap). (various references) | |
Norwegian | gardin. (various references) | |
Occitan | cortina. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kòrtina. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urtaincay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cortina (blind, drapery, purdah, rag). (various references) | |
Romanian | cortinã, pune perdele la, perdea (Arras, cover, mantle, screen, veil, window-curtain), ecran (cinema, screen), draperie (Arras, drapery, hanging, hangings, portiere), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, cushion, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep away, keep back, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, smooth, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap), acoperi cu o perdea. (various references) | |
Romany | perdès. (various references) | |
Russian | занавес (purdah, velum). (various references) | |
Scottish | cùirtein (a curtain). (various references) | |
Sepedi | seairo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zavesa (drape, drop curtain, pelmet, riddel, valance), zastor (pelmet, shade, valance), okačiti zavesu. (various references) | |
Spanish | cortina (blower, coulisse, Pall, screen, sheet, umbrella). (various references) | |
Sranan | garden. (various references) | |
Swedish | förhänge (drape, purdah), ridå (drop curtain, drop scene, screen), gardin (blind, drape, drapery). (various references) | |
Tagalog | kurtína. (various references) | |
Thai | เขตแบ่งประเทศคอมมิวนิสต์กับอดีตโซเวียตจากยุโรปตะวันตก (iron curtain), ม่านเวทีที่เลื่อนจาก2ข้างเวทีแล้วพบกันตรงกลางเวที (tableau curtain). (various references) | |
Turkish | perde (act, cataract, cloak, drop, episode, fret, incident, key, pitch, screen, tone, veil, web, webbed). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tuty (partition), perde (action, membrane). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | завіса (butt, cloud, drapery, hinge, veil), завішувати, занавіска (valance). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mở màn công bố, không công khai không đả động tới việc gì bắt đầu. (various references) | |
Welsh | llen (blind, sheet, veil). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilikhethini, ikhethini. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cortina, cortinae, cortinam, cortinarum, cortinas, vela, velis, velum. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | cortina. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 45 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eskotisqh o hlioV kai escisqh to katapetasma tou naou meson |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et obscuratus est sol et velum templi scissum est medium |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And sunne wæs aþystrod and þæs temples wahryft wearð toslyten onmiddan; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the sun was maad derk, and the veile of the temple was to-rent atwo. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent even thorow the myddes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 45 |
| Cebuano | samtang ang Adlaw nawad-an sa kahayag; ang tabil sa templo nagilis sa taliwala. |
| Croatian | jer sunce pomrèa, a hramska se zavjesa razdrije po sredini. |
| Danish | idet Solen formørkedes; og Forhænget i Templet splittedes midt over. |
| Dutch | En de zon werd verduisterd, en het voorhangsel des tempels scheurde midden door. |
| Finnish | sillä aurinko oli pimentynyt. Ja temppelin esirippu repesi keskeltä kahtia. |
| French | Le soleil s`obscurcit, et le voile du temple se déchira par le milieu. |
| German | und die Sonne verlor ihren Schein, und der Vorhang des Tempels zerriß mitten entzwei. |
| Haitian Creole | Rido ki te nan tanp lan chire fè de moso. |
| Hungarian | És meghomályosodék a nap, és a templom kárpitja középen ketté hasada. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Gorden yang tergantung di dalam Rumah Tuhan, sobek menjadi dua. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka cahaya matahari pun hilanglah; dan tirai Bait Allah cariklah terbelah dua. |
| Korean | 성 소 의 휘 장 이 한 가 운 데 가 찢 어 지 더 라 |
| Latvian | Un saule aptumðojâs, un priekðkars svçtnîcâ pârplîsa vidû puðu. |
| Maori | I pouri hoki te ra, a i wahia te arai o te whare tapu i waenganui pu. |
| Norwegian | og solen blev formørket, og forhenget i templet revnet midtefter. |
| Portuguese | e rasgou-se ao meio o véu do santuário. |
| Rumanian | Soarele s`a kntunecat, wi perdeaua dinlquntrul Templului s`a rupt prin mijloc. |
| Russian | Й РПНЕТЛМП УПМОГЕ, Й ЪБЧЕУБ Ч ИТБНЕ ТБЪДТБМБУШ РП УТЕДЙОЕ. |
| Shuar | Tsawái nantusha mushatmarmiayi. Tura Jerusarénnum Yusa Uunt Jeencha tarach ajamu aa Jímiapetek nakaakamiayi. |
| Swahili | na pazia lililokuwa limetundikwa Hekaluni likapasuka vipande viwili. |
| Swedish | i det att solen miste sitt sken. Och förlåten i templet rämnade mitt itu. |
| Uma | Kain porini-olo' to tetoe hi rala Tomi Alata'ala, mobika' ntongo' jadi' rontau. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "curtain": curtained, curtaining, curtainless, curtains. (additional references) | |
Words containing "curtain": uncurtained. (additional references) | |
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"Curtain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carstian, cartain, cartian, catrain, certaine, coritani, coritanian, Cormani, cortin, courtain, Courtrai, coutain, crubain, curating, Curatione, Curazin, Curtana, curtin, curtisii, jurtina, khurtan, Nutrafin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "curtain" (pronounced ker"tun) |
| 4 | -er" t u n | Burton, certain, uncertain. |
| 3 | -t u n | fatten, actin, badminton, batten, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: anuric, nutria, tunica, uranic, uratic. | |
-2 letters: actin, antic, auric, cairn, curia, cutin, incur, naric, riant, runic, rutin, train, triac, tunic, uncia. | |
-3 letters: airn, airt, anti, aunt, cain, cant, carn, cart, curn, curt, narc, rain, rani, rant, ruin, runt, tain, tarn, tuna, turn, unai, unci, unit, uric. | |
-4 letters: act, ain, air, ait, ani, ant, arc. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: anuretic, curating, curtains, taciturn, uranitic, urticant. | |
+2 letters: antiulcer, capturing, curtained, furcating, furcation, incubator, incurvate, lubricant, outracing, runcinate, suctorian, traducing, truancies, uncertain, unclarity, uncrating, urticants. | |
+3 letters: accoutring, aeronautic, antichurch, auctioneer, buccinator, cautionary, centauries, curtailing, curtaining, cystinuria, enunciator, eructating, eructation, fracturing, furcations, granulitic, inaccurate, incubators, incubatory, inculcator, incurvated, incurvates, inoculator, lacustrine, lenticular, lubricants, manicurist, manuscript, nunciature, pancratium, precaution, raunchiest, reacquaint, renunciate, retinacula, suctorians, trauchling, trinocular, truncating, truncation, ulcerating, ulceration, ultrasonic, unactorish, unartistic, uncreating, uncreative, uncritical, undramatic, unromantic, urbanistic, urticating, urtication. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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