giro

See also Giro, girò, giró, gîro, and giro-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (guros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdʒaɪrəʊ/

Homophones: gyro

Noun

giro (plural giros)

1. (Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. (UK, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.

Usage notes

The use of paper giros is in decline in favour of electronic payments, which are regarded as faster, cheaper and safer due to the reduced risk of fraud.

Translations

type of transfer of funds

• Finnish: pankkisiirto (fi)

Anagrams

• Igor

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Basque

Noun

giro

1. environment

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Catalan

Verb

giro

1. First-person singular present indicative form of girar.

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Danish

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (guros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sjiːro/, [ˈɕiːo]

Noun

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

Inflection

    Inflection of giro

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	giro	giroen	giroer	giroerne
genitive	giros	giroens	giroers	giroernes

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒi.ro/, X-SAMPA: /"dZi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: gì‧ro

Noun

giro m (plural giri)

1. turn, twist, rotation, revolution
2. detour
3. lap (of a race)
4. tour, trip
5. (in the plural) rounds (of a postman etc)
6. period, space, course, time
7. ring (illicit)
8. turn
9. circulation (of money)
10. row (of knitting)

Derived terms

• aggirare
• girello
• giro-
• giro d'affari
• giro della morte
• giro di boa
• giro di parole
• giro di vite
• girone
• girare
• in giro
• mettere in giro
• nel giro di
• prendere in giro
• su di giri

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular indicative present of girare

Anagrams

• rigo, rigò

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Norwegian

Noun

giro (m)

1. a giro, a money transfer
2. a short-form payment slip

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus.

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

1. turn
2. tour

Derived terms

• dar un giro

Verb

giro (infinitive girar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of girar.

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Swedish

Noun

giro n

1. giro (method or institution for money transfer)
2. a giro account
3. the bicycle competition Giro d'Italia (inflected like a noun, often capitalized, but not always)

   Hemmacyklisten Ivan Basso vann girot för andra gången

   The Italian bicyclist Ivan Basso won the Giro for the second time

Declension

Declension of giro

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	giro	girot	giron	girona
genitive	giros	girots	girons	gironas

Related terms

• autogiro
• bankgiro
• girera
• girering
• girobetalning
• giroetapp
• gironummer
• girotalong
• postgiro

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Portuguese

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerir