gyro

== English == === Etymology 1 === Originally a shortening of gyroscope. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/ Homophone: giro Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ ==== Noun ==== gyro (plural gyros) A gyroscope. A gyrocompass. An autogyro. (cycling) Synonym of detangler. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== gyros, giro, giros yiros, yero ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/, /ˈjɪɹoʊ/, /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊ/ ==== Noun ==== gyro (plural gyros) A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. ===== Usage notes ===== The 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 ===== ==== See also ==== kebab, doner kebab shawarma, shoarma, shwarma souvlaki ==== References ==== Linguist List has a discussion of pronunciations (archived). === Anagrams === Győr, Gory, orgy, gory == French == === Etymology === From Greek γύρος (gýros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒi.ʁo/ === Noun === gyro m (plural gyros) gyro; alternative spelling of gyros (Greek sandwich) ==== Alternative forms ==== gyros yero == Latin == === Etymology === From gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡyː.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒiː.ro] === Verb === gȳrō (present infinitive gȳrāre, perfect active gȳrāvī, supine gȳrātum); first conjugation to turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate to circle, revolve around ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== congȳrō gȳrātus ==== Related terms ==== gȳrus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “gyro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "gyro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Swedish == === Noun === gyro n a gyroscope Synonym: gyroskop ==== Declension ==== === References === “gyro”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gyro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gyro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)