gir

Back-formation from girar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiɾ/

gir m (plural girs)

1. spin, rotation
2. (economics) transfer, draft
3. (linguistics) turn of phrase
4. (oceanography) gyre

• gira
• giro-

• “gir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From English gear, doublet of gervi.

• IPA^(key): /kiːɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːɹ

gir n (genitive singular girs, plural gir)

1. gear

• gervi

• girkassi

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪɾ/

From Proto-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. Cognate with Sanskrit गिरि (giri) and Russian гора (gora).

gir m (Arabic spelling گر‎)

1. hill

gir

1. despite, notwithstanding

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-. Compare Sanskrit जरन्त (jaranta), Armenian ծեր (cer), Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn).

gir

1. big, large

From English gear.

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira or girene)

1. gear

   i gir ― in gear

   første gir / førstegir ― first gear

• girkasse
• girskift
• girspak
• synkrongir

• tannhjul

gir

1. present of gi

• “gir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English gear.

gir n (definite singular giret, indefinite plural gir, definite plural gira)

1. gear

   i gir ― in gear

   første gir ― first gear

• girkasse
• girskift
• girspak
• synkrongir

• tannhjul

gir

1. present of gi

• “gir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From the adjective giri.

gīr m

1. vulture

A-stem declension:

I-stem declension:

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

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

gir f

1. genitive plural of gira

• dir (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)
• deir (Surmiran)

From Latin dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”).

gir

1. (Sutsilvan) to say

• IPA^(key): /jiːr/

gir c

1. yaw

• IPA^(key): /ir/

gir

1. second-person singular imperative of girmek