giro

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

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

• Audio (UK):

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• Homophone: gyro

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ

giro (plural giros)

1. (in Europe, etc.) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. (UK, Ireland, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.
   • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 146:

     His Sheperd's Bush giro was in doubt now, because he had declined the exciting career opportunity to work in the Burger King in Notting Hill Gate.

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.

• Gori, Igor

giro inan

1. environment

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

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

• IPA^(key): /sjiːro/, [ˈɕiːo]

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.roː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gi‧ro

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

1. giro (transfer of funds)

• acceptgiro

• giraal
• gireren

giro

1. to fall

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /ɡiro/
• Hyphenation: gi‧ro

giro (plural giro-giro, first-person possessive giroku, second-person possessive giromu, third-person possessive gironya)

1. (banking) demand deposit

   Synonym: simpanan giro

• “giro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

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)

(many likely via German)

• → Albanian: xhiro
• → Danish: giro
• → Dutch: giro
• → English: giro
• → Esperanto: ĝiro
• → German: Giro
• → Greek: τζίρος (tzíros)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girare

• Gori, Igor, igro-, rigo, rigò

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

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

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

• “giro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

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

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

• “giro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -irɔ
• Syllabification: gi‧ro

giro f

1. vocative singular of gira

• Hyphenation: gi‧ro

Borrowed from Latin gȳrus.^[1]

giro m (plural giros)

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

   Synonyms: rotação, volta

   Ele fez um giro de 180 graus.

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

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

• ângulo giro
• -giro

giro (feminine gira, masculine plural giros, feminine plural giras)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) pretty, beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, bonito, gato

   O papel de parede é muito giro. ― The wallpaper is very pretty.

   Sim, ela é gira. ― Yes, she is pretty.

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerir

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾo/ [ˈxi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: gi‧ro

From Latin gȳrus.

giro m (plural giros)

1. turn, spin

   navegación giro a giro ― turn-by-turn navigation

2. tour
3. (finance) giro, a money transfer
4. (economics) economical activity type or kind
5. (chemistry) spin number
6. turn of events, development
7. turn of phrase

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

• “giro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝiːrʊ/

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