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English
Noun
giron (plural girons)
- Alternative form of gyron
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French
Etymology
From Old Frankish *gēro (compare Old High German gēro, Middle Dutch ghere).
Pronunciation
Noun
giron m (plural girons)
- lap (of a person)
- (figuratively) bosom, fold
2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:L’étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron- The net is tightening around Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku intends to bring back into its fold.
- (heraldry) gyron
- (architecture) tread, run (of a step)
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Japanese
Romanization
giron
- Rōmaji transcription of ぎろん
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *kierōn; cognate with Inari Sami kiärun, Skolt Sami ǩeâram.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkiːron/
Noun
gīron
- ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Swedish
Noun
giron
- indefinite plural of giro