gyro

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/
• Homophone: giro
• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A gyroscope
2. A gyrocompass
3. An autogyro

From Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit. Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

• gyros, giro, giros
• yero

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/, /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/, /ˈjɪɹoʊ/, /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/

• /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/ (proscribed)

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• /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/

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• /ˈjɪɹoʊ/

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• /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/

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gyro (plural gyros)

1. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

   I'll have a gyro, please.

The correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/ is often proscribed. All of the listed pronunciations may be found in use. (The modern Greek pronunciation is /ˈʝiɾos/.):

• /ˈjiːɹoʊs/, an approximate pronunciation of the Modern Greek word γύρος

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• kebab
• shawarma, shoarma, shwarma
• souvlaki

has a discussion of pronunciations.

• Győr, gory, ogry, orgy

From Greek γύρος (gýros)

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁo/

gyro m (plural gyros)

1. gyro; Alternative spelling of gyros (Greek sandwich)

• gyros
• yero

From gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡyː.roː/

gȳrō (present infinitive gȳrāre, perfect active gȳrāvī, supine gȳrātum); first conjugation

1. I turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate.
2. I circle, revolve around.

• congȳrō
• gȳrātus

• gȳrus

• gyro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gyro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)