hairpin

See also: hair pin

English

hair +‎ pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.[1]

hairpin (plural hairpins)

A pin or fastener for the hair.
(biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
(chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road.
- 2009, Bob Sehlinger, ‎Grant Rafter, Beyond Disney (page 280)
  The variety of angles in the course, from slow bends to hairpins, will both test your skill as a driver and allow you the opportunity to pass other carts.
(music) An elongated v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo

pin or fastener for the hair

Bulgarian: фиба (bg) f (fiba), фуркет (bg) m (furket)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釵 (zh), 钗 (zh) (chāi), 簪 (zh) (zān), 髮夾 (zh), 发夹 (zh) (fàjiā, fǎjiá), 髮卡 (zh), 发卡 (zh) (fàqiǎ)
Finnish: hiusneula (fi)
French: épingle à cheveux (fr) f, épingle (fr) f
German: Haarnadel (de) f
Greek: φουρκέτα (el) f (fourkéta)
Irish: pionna gruaige m, biorán gruaige m
Italian: forcina (it) f
Japanese: ヘアピン (heapin)
Korean: 머리핀 (meoripin)
Latin: crīnāle n, discerniculum n
Navajo: tsiighá bił dah sitání, tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hårnål m or f

Nynorsk: hårnål f

Polish: spinka do włosów (pl) f, spinka (pl) f
Portuguese: grampo (pt) m, gancho (pt) m (Portugal)
Russian: шпи́лька (ru) f (špílʹka), шпи́лька для воло́с f (špílʹka dlja volós), зако́лка (ru) f (zakólka) (для воло́с)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: укосница f

Roman: ùkosnica (sh) f
Spanish: horquilla (es) f, pinche (es) m
Swedish: hårnål (sv)
Tagalog: aguhilya
Thai: ปิ่น (bpìn)
Ukrainian: шпилька для волосся (špylʹka dlja volossja)

tight bend — see hairpin bend

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