Meaning

7 senses
  1. Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.

    The city has been reported calm after a curfew was imposed.

    Ausgangssperre, Ausgehverbot

    коменда́нтский часkomendántskij čas

    коменда́нтська годи́наkomendántsʹka hodýna

    an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited

  2. A regulation requiring loud or disruptive activities such as concerts and sporting events to end by a certain time.

  3. The time when such restriction begins.

    Sperrstunde

    коменда́нтский часkomendántskij čas

  4. A signal indicating this time.

    Zapfenstreich

    the time that the curfew signal is sounded

  5. A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.

  6. (historical)A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.

  7. The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.

    Abendläuten

Examples

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  1. The curfew begins at 7:00 p.m.

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  2. A curfew was imposed on the city.

    ruВ городе был введён комендантский час.

    deDer Stadt wurde eine Ausgangssperre auferlegt.

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  3. There is a curfew in effect from dusk to dawn.

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  4. My parents and I have different ideas about when my curfew should be.

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  5. My parents and I have different ideas about what time my curfew should be.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time:
Русский
By meaning 1
regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time:
time when such restriction begins:
signal indicating this time:
evening bell:

Origin

From Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperat

From Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperative of covrir (“to cover”) + fu (“fire”). Compare kerchief.

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