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cur·few
(kûr′fyo͞o)n.
1. A regulation or rule requiring certain or all people to leave the streets or be at home at a prescribed hour.
2.
a. The time at which such a restriction begins or is in effect: a 10 pm curfew for all residents.
b. The signal, such as a bell, announcing the beginning of this restriction.
[Middle English curfeu, from Old French cuevrefeu : covrir, to cover; see cover + feu, fire (from Latin focus, hearth).]
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curfew
(ˈkɜːfjuː)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an official regulation setting restrictions on movement, esp after a specific time at night
2. the time set as a deadline by such a regulation
3. (Historical Terms) (in medieval Europe)
a. the ringing of a bell to prompt people to extinguish fires and lights
b. the time at which the curfew bell was rung
c. the bell itself
[C13: from Old French cuevrefeu, literally: cover the fire]
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cur•few
(ˈkɜr fyu)n.
1. an order establishing a time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, esp. that no unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.
2. a regulation requiring a person to be home at a stated time, as one imposed by a parent on a child.
3. the time at which a daily curfew starts.
4. the period during which a curfew is in effect.
5. a signal, as the ringing of a bell, announcing the start of the time of a curfew.
6. a bell for sounding a curfew.
7. (in medieval Europe) the ringing of a bell at a fixed hour in the evening as a signal for covering or extinguishing fires.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French coverfeu, Old French covrefeu literally, (it) covers (the) fire. See cover, focus]
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| Noun | 1. |  curfew - the time that the curfew signal is soundeddeadline - the point in time at which something must be completed |
| 2. | curfew - a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions | |
| 3. | curfew - an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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Translations
حَظْرُ التَّجَوُّلمَنْع التَّجوُّل
zákaz vycházení
spærretidudgangsforbud
toque de quedacubrefuego
liikumiskeeld
ulkonaliikkumiskielto
redarstveni sat
kijárási tilalom
útgöngubann
夜間外出禁止令
통행 금지
komendanto valanda
komandanta stunda
zákaz vychádzania
utegångsförbud
การห้ามออกนอกบ้านยามวิกาล
sokağa çıkma yasağıkarartma
lệnh giới nghiêm
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
curfew
[ˈkɜːrfjuː] n → couvre-feu mto impose a curfew → décréter un couvre-feu
to be under curfew [people, town] → être sous couvre-feu
a dusk-to-dawn curfew → un couvre-feu du crépuscule jusqu'à l'aube
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
curfew
n → Ausgangssperre f, → Ausgehverbot nt; (old: = evening bell) → Abendglocke f; to be under curfew → unter Ausgangssperre or Ausgehverbot stehen; to impose a curfew → eine Ausgangssperre or ein Ausgehverbot verhängen; to lift the curfew → die Ausgangssperre or das Ausgehverbot aufheben; is the curfew still on? → ist noch Ausgangssperre?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
curfew
(ˈkəːfjuː) noun an order forbidding people to be in the streets after a certain hour. There's a curfew in force from ten o'clock tonight.
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curfew
→ حَظْرُ التَّجَوُّل zákaz vycházení spærretid Ausgangssperre απαγόρευση κυκλοφορίας toque de queda ulkonaliikkumiskielto couvre-feu redarstveni sat coprifuoco 夜間外出禁止令 통행 금지 avondklok portforbud godzina policyjna horário de recolher, recolher obrigatório комендантский час utegångsförbud การห้ามออกนอกบ้านยามวิกาล karartma lệnh giới nghiêm 宵禁Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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