gyro

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/
• Homophone: giro
• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A gyroscope.
2. A gyrocompass.
3. An autogyro.
4. (cycling) Synonym of detangler.

Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

• gyros, giro, giros
• yiros, yero

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

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• Audio; /ˈjɪɹoʊ/:

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• Audio; /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/:

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• Audio (proscribed); /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/:

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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/:

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  (pronunciation of the Modern Greek word γύρος)

• kebab, doner kebab
• shawarma, shoarma, shwarma
• souvlaki

Linguist List has a discussion of pronunciations (archived).

• Győr, Gory, orgy, gory

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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡyː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒiː.ro]

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

1. to turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate
2. to 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

gyro n

1. a gyroscope

   Synonym: gyroskop

• gyro in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gyro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gyro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)