different between gire vs giro

English

Noun

gire (plural gires)

1. Obsolete form of gyre.

Anagrams

• Geri, Iger

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/
• Homophones: girent, gires

Verb

gire

1. first-person singular present indicative of girer
2. third-person singular present indicative of girer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of girer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of girer
5. second-person singular imperative of girer

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ?re, e? (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey-. The initial /d?/ has been extended from subjunctive forms like e?mus (“let's go”) > /?jamus/; monosyllabic forms of this verb had fallen out of use already in Latin by the end of the Classical period.

Alternative forms

• ire (obsolete, archaic, regional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??i.re/
• Hyphenation: gì?re

Verb

gire

1. (obsolete, regional) to go

   Synonym: andare

Conjugation

Middle English

Adjective

gire

1. Alternative form of gery

Portuguese

Verb

gire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of girar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of girar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of girar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of girar

Spanish

Verb

gire

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of girar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of girar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of girar.

English

Etymology

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?a????/

Homophones: gyro

Noun

giro (plural giros)

1. (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. (Britain, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.

Translations

Verb

giro (third-person singular simple present giros, present participle giroing, simple past and past participle giroed)

1. To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.

Anagrams

• Gori, Igor

Basque

Noun

giro inan

1. environment

Catalan

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of girar

Danish

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sji?ro/, [??i?o]

Noun

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.ro?/
• Hyphenation: gi?ro

Noun

giro m (plural giro's, diminutive girootje n)

1. giro (transfer of funds)

Derived terms

• acceptgiro

Related terms

• giraal
• gireren

Fiji Hindi

Verb

giro

1. to fall

Conjugation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??i.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: gì?ro

Etymology 1

From Latin g?rus, from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros).

Noun

giro m (plural giri)

1. turn, twist, rotation, revolution
2. detour
3. lap (of a race)
4. stroll, walk

   Synonym: passeggiata

5. (in the plural) rounds (of a postman etc)
6. period, space, course, time, run
7. ring (illicit)
8. turn, round
9. circulation (of money)
10. row (of knitting)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular indicative present of girare

Anagrams

• rigo, rigò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros)

Noun

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroer, definite plural giroene)

1. a giro, a money transfer
2. a short-form payment slip

References

• “giro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros)

Noun

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroar, definite plural giroane)

1. a giro, a money transfer
2. a short-form payment slip

References

• “giro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i.r?/

Noun

giro f

1. vocative singular of gira

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi?ro

Etymology 1

From Latin g?rus.

Adjective

giro m (feminine singular gira, masculine plural giros, feminine plural giras, comparable)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) pretty, beautiful

   Synonym: bonito

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

1. rotation, turn (the act of turning around a centre or an axis)

   Synonyms: rotação, volta

Related terms

• ângulo giro
• -giro

Usage notes

Giro with the meaning of turn is not usually used in Portugal, with rotação or volta being preferred.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of girar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of gerir

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xi?o/, [?xi.?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin g?rus.

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

1. turn, spin

2. tour
3. (finance) giro, a money transfer
4. (economics) economical activity type or kind
5. (chemistry) spin number

Derived terms

• dar un giro
• giro negro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

giro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of girar.

Further reading

• “giro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

giro n

1. giro (method or institution for money transfer)
2. a giro account
3. the bicycle competition Giro d'Italia (inflected like a noun, often capitalized, but not always)

   Hemmacyklisten Ivan Basso vann girot för andra gången

   The Italian bicyclist Ivan Basso won the Giro for the second time

Declension

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