chir

See also: chír, chir-, and c'hir

English

Noun

chir (plural chirs)

1. a freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins of Eurasia and North America, also known as schokur or broad whitefish

French

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of chirurgien (“surgeon”)

Noun

chir m (plural chirs)

1. surgeon
   • 2017, Aurélie Picton, Pascaline Dury, “Diastratic variation in language for specific purposes”, in Multiple Perspectives on Terminological Variation (overall work in English), John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 69:

     Chez nous les chirs demandent systématiquement des pelvi-scans.

     Our surgeons always ask for pelvi-scans.

   • 2020, Delphine Remy, Cancer ? Je gère !: Journal de bord d'un voyage singulier‎^[1], Mardaga, →ISBN:

     J’ai passé un coup de fil à ma mère pour lui dire que le chir était juste génial et que je me sentais en d’excellentes mains.

     I made a call to my mom to tell her that the surgeon was just fantastic and that I felt I was in excellent hands.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of chirurgie (“surgery”)

Noun

chir f (uncountable)

1. surgery

Kalasha

Noun

chir

1. Alternative spelling of c'hir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κῦρ (kûr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kir/

Noun

chir m (uncountable)

1. (dated) sir, lord

Declension

declension of chir (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chir	chirul
genitive/dative	(unui) chir	chirului
vocative	chirule

Further reading

• chir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)