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contortion

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contortion

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
Russian: искривле́ние (ru) n (iskrivlénije), искаже́ние (ru) n (iskažénije)
Spanish: contorsión (es) f
Ukrainian: викривлення n (vykryvlennja), перекручення n (perekručennja), спотворення n (spotvorennja)

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
Russian: конто́рсия (ru) f (kontórsija)
Spanish: contorsión (es) f

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