gir

Translingual

Symbol

gir

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Red Gelao.

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from girar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

gir m (plural girs)

1. spin, rotation
2. (economics) transfer, draft
3. (linguistics) turn of phrase
4. (oceanography) gyre

Related terms

• gira
• giro-

Further reading

• “gir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Faroese

Etymology

From English gear, doublet of gervi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːɹ

Noun

gir n (genitive singular girs, plural gir)

1. gear

Declension

Synonyms

• gervi

Derived terms

• girkassi

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪɾ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. Cognate with Sanskrit गिरि (giri) and Russian гора (gora).

Noun

gir m (Arabic spelling گر)

1. hill

Etymology 2

Preposition

gir

1. despite, notwithstanding

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-. Compare Sanskrit जरन्त (jaranta), Armenian ծեր (cer), Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn).

Adjective

gir

1. big, large

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

gir

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From English gear.

Noun

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira or girene)

1. gear

   i gir ― in gear

   første gir / førstegir ― first gear

Derived terms

• girkasse
• girskift
• girspak
• synkrongir

Related terms

• tannhjul

Etymology 2

Verb

gir

1. present of gi

References

• “gir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English gear.

Noun

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira)

1. gear

   i gir ― in gear

   første gir ― first gear

Derived terms

• girkasse
• girskift
• girspak
• synkrongir

Related terms

• tannhjul

Etymology 2

Verb

gir

1. present of gi

References

• “gir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From the adjective giri.

Noun

gīr m

1. vulture

Declension

A-stem declension:

I-stem declension:

Descendants

• Middle High German: gīr
  • Alemannic German: Giir
  • German: Geier
  • Luxembourgish: Geier

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡir/
• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: gir

Noun

gir f

1. genitive plural of gira

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dir (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)
• deir (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”).

Verb

gir

1. (Sutsilvan) to say

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gier (“yaw”), from gieren (“to yaw”), or from the Low German equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiːr/

Noun

gir c

1. yaw

Declension

Related terms

• gira

Further reading

• gir in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ir/

• Audio

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Verb

gir

1. second-person singular imperative of girmek