contortion

English

Etymology

From Middle French contortion.

Noun

contortion (countable and uncountable, plural contortions)

1. The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.
2. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

Derived terms

• contortionist

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