gir

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gir"

Languages (13)

Translingual

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Catalan • Faroese • Indonesian • Northern Kurdish • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old High German • Polish • Portuguese • Romansh • Swedish • Turkish

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Translingual

Symbol

gir

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Red Gelao terms

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from girar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒir]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gir	girið	gir	girini
accusative	gir	girið	gir	girini
dative	giri	girinum	girum	girunum
genitive	girs	girsins	gira	giranna

Synonyms

• gervi

Derived terms

• girkassi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gear. Compare to Standard Malay géar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡir/ [ˈɡɪr]
• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: gir

Noun

gir

1. gear (wheel with a toothed rim)
2. gear (particular combination or choice of interlocking gears)

Synonyms

• (all senses): roda gigi, géar (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• gir on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “gir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

Central Kurdish	گرد (gird)

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

Etymology 4

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-

Adjective

gir

1. mature
2. old person

Norwegian Bokmål

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:

Declension of gīr (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	gīr	gīrā, gīra
accusative	gīr	gīrā, gīra
genitive	gīres	gīro
dative	gīre	gīrum
instrumental	gīru	—

I-stem declension:

Declension of gīr (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	gīr	gīri
accusative	gīr	gīri
genitive	gīres	gīro
dative	gīre	gīrim, gīren
instrumental	gīru	—

Descendants

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gir f

1. genitive plural of gira

Portuguese

Etymology

From Gir, a placename in India.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiʁ/ [ˈʒih]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiʁ/ [ˈʒih]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiʁ/ [ˈʒiχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: gir

Adjective

gir m or f (plural gires)

1. relating to a certain zebu breed (clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

gir m or f by sense (plural gires)

1. a certain zebu breed (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Hypernym: zebu

Further reading

• “gir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “gir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “gir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

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. swerve, veer (quick turn to the side)

   Bilen gjorde en kraftig gir

   The car swerved sharply

   (literally, “The car made a sharp swerve”)

2. yaw (by a ship or aircraft)

Declension

Declension of gir

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gir	girs
	definite	giren	girens
plural	indefinite	girar	girars
	definite	girarna	girarnas

Related terms

• gira

See also

• väja

Further reading

• “gir”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟir/

• Audio:

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Verb

gir

1. second-person singular imperative of girmek