giron

See also: Giron and gıron

English

Noun

giron (plural girons)

  1. Alternative form of gyron

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old Frankish *gēro (compare Old High German gēro, Middle Dutch ghere).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/
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Noun

giron m (plural girons)

  1. lap (of a person)
  2. (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.
  3. (heraldry) gyron
  4. (architecture) tread, run (of a step)

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

giron

  1. 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

  1. ptarmigan, Lagopus muta

Inflection
Odd, no gradation
Nominative gīron
Genitive gīrona
Singular Plural
Nominative gīron gīronat
Accusative gīrona gīroniid
Genitive gīrona gīroniid
Illative gīronii gīroniidda
Locative gīronis gīroniin
Comitative gīroniin gīroniiguin
Essive gīronin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gīronan gīroneamẹ gīroneamẹt
2nd person gīronat gīroneattẹ gīroneattẹt
3rd person gīronis gīroneaskkạ gīroneasẹt

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

  1. indefinite plural of giro
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