gyrate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) +‎ -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). By surface analysis, gyre +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/, /ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/, /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt (one pronunciation) Hyphenation: gyr‧ate ==== Verb ==== gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated) (intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate) (biology) Having coils or convolutions. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === == Latin == === Verb === gȳrāte second-person plural present active imperative of gȳrō