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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAusgangssperre
Pronunciation / Transliteration: OWS-gangs-sper-uh
"Wegen des Sturms gilt eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A regulation requiring people to remain indoors at a certain time, typically at night.
"The city government imposed a strict curfew following the civil unrest." - 2
A designated time by which a person, especially a child or teenager, must be home in the evening.
"My parents expect me to be home by midnight every weekend under my curfew."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French phrase 'cuevrefeu', meaning 'cover the fire', stemming from 'cuev[rir]' (to cover) and 'feu' (fire). Historically, it referred to a regulatory signal given in medieval Europe requiring fires to be covered or put out at a certain hour as a precaution against destructive town fires.
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couvre-feu
Transliteration: koov-rfœ
"Le couvre-feu a été déclaré à partir de dix heures."
Ausgangssperre
Transliteration: OWS-gangs-sper-uh
"Wegen des Sturms gilt eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre."
coprifuoco
Transliteration: ko-pri-fwo-ko
"Tutti i cittadini devono rispettare il coprifuoco notturno."
toque de queda
Transliteration: TO-ke de KKE-da
"Se estableció un toque de queda en toda la ciudad."
toque de recolher
Transliteration: TO-ki dji re-ko-ʎeir
"O governo decretou toque de recolher para garantir a segurança."
कर्फ़्यू
Transliteration: karfyoo
"हालात बिगड़ने के बाद शहर में कर्फ्यू लगा दिया गया।"
宵禁
Transliteration: xiāojìn
"政府宣布从今晚开始实施宵禁。"
통행금지
Transliteration: tong-haeng-geum-ji
"비상사태로 인해 야간 통행금지가 내려졌다."
外出禁止令
Transliteration: gaishutsu kinshirei
"治安悪化のため、夜間外出禁止令が発令された。"
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