gyro
See also: gyro-
English
editEtymology 1
editOriginally a shortening of gyroscope.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/
- Homophone: giro
- Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
Noun
editgyro (plural gyros)
- A gyroscope.
- A gyrocompass.
- An autogyro.
- (cycling) Synonym of detangler.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editgyroscope — see gyroscope
Etymology 2
edit
Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/, /ˈjɪɹoʊ/, /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊ/
Audio; /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/: (file) Audio; /ˈjɪɹoʊ/: (file) Audio; /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/: (file) Audio (proscribed); /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/: (file)
Noun
editgyro (plural gyros)
- A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.
- I'll have a gyro, please.
Usage notes
editThe correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/ is often proscribed. All of the listed pronunciations may be found in use. (The modern Greek pronunciation is /ˈʝiɾos/.):
Translations
editGreek sandwich
See also
editReferences
editLinguist List has a discussion of pronunciations (archived).
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgyro m (plural gyros)
Alternative forms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.roː/, [ˈɡyːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ro/, [ˈd͡ʒiːro]
Verb
editgȳrō (present infinitive gȳrāre, perfect active gȳrāvī, supine gȳrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “gyro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gyro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Swedish
editNoun
editgyro n
Declension
editDeclension of gyro | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gyro | gyrot | gyron | gyrona |
Genitive | gyros | gyrots | gyrons | gyronas |
References
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