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English

Etymology 1

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?a??o?/
• Homophone: giro
• Rhymes: -a????
• Rhymes: -?????

Noun

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A gyroscope
2. A gyrocompass
3. An autogyro

Derived terms

• directional gyro

Translations

Etymology 2

From Greek ????? (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit. Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

Alternative forms

• gyros, giro, giros
• yero

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?a??o?/, /?ji?.?o?/, /?j??o?/, /????o?/

Noun

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

   I'll have a gyro, please.

Usage notes

The correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation /?d?a??o?/ is often proscribed. All of the listed pronunciations may be found in use. (The modern Greek pronunciation is /??i?os/.):

Translations

See also

• kebab
• shawarma, shoarma, shwarma
• souvlaki

References

Linguist List has a discussion of pronunciations (archived).

Anagrams

• Gy?r, gory, ogry, orgy

French

Etymology

From Greek ????? (gýros)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.?o/

Noun

gyro m (plural gyros)

1. gyro; Alternative spelling of gyros (Greek sandwich)

Alternative forms

• gyros
• yero

Latin

Etymology

From g?rus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??y?.ro?/, [??y??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??i.ro/, [?d??i???]

Verb

g?r? (present infinitive g?r?re, perfect active g?r?v?, supine g?r?tum); first conjugation

1. I turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate.
2. I circle, revolve around.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cong?r?
• g?r?tus

Related terms

• g?rus

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (??) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

See also

• mo

Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

Noun

gro

1. (Britain, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

Anagrams

• Org., Rog, org, org., rog

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German gr?o, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o/, [??o?]
  • Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

1. grey

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

1. (of plants and body hair): to grow

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. (of cuts and sores): to heal

   Ta plaster på såret til det gror.

   Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

Etymology 2

Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)

1. a toad

   Synonym: padde

References

• “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

gro

1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rô?/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

gr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. much, a lot

Synonyms

• p?no, mn?go, d?sta

References

• “gro” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gr?w, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles

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