English
Etymology
From Middle French contortion.
Noun
contortion (countable and uncountable, plural contortions)
- The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.
- A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
Derived terms
Translations
the act of contorting
- Bulgarian: криве́не (bg) n (krivéne), изкривяване (bg) n (izkrivjavane)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 扭彎 / 扭弯 (zh) (niǔwān), 扭歪 (zh) (niǔwāi), 扭曲 (zh) (niǔqū)
- Dutch: verwringing n, verrekking (nl) n, kronkeling n, bochtenwerk (nl) n,
- Irish: freangadh m
- Manx: anchummey m
- Portuguese: contorção (pt) f
- Russian: искривле́ние (ru) n (iskrivlénije), искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije)
- Spanish: contorsión (es) f
- Ukrainian: викривлення n (vykryvlennja), перекручення n (perekručennja), спотворення n (spotvorennja)
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a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 柔身術 / 柔身术 (róushēnshù), 軟功 / 软功 (ruǎngōng)
- French: contorsion (fr) f
- German: Kontorsion f
- Portuguese: contorcionismo m
- Russian: конто́рсия (ru) f (kontórsija)
- Spanish: contorsión (es) f
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