giro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/

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.

Anagrams

• Gori, Igor

Noun

giro

1. environment

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of girar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjiːro/, [ˈɕiːo]

Noun

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

Verb

giro

1. to fall

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: gì‧ro

Noun

giro m (plural giri)

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

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular indicative present of girare

Anagrams

• rigo, rigò

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (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.

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒiru/

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial) cute, pretty

   O gato é muito giro. ― The cat is very cute.

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

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

   Ele fez um giro de 180 graus.

   He has made a turnaround of a hundred and eighty degrees.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerir

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxi.ɾo̞]

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

Verb

giro

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

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