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giron

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See also: Giron and gıron

English

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Noun

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giron (plural girons)

  1. Alternative form of gyron

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French

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Etymology

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From Old Frankish *gēro (compare Old High German gēro, Middle Dutch ghere).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/
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Noun

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giron m (plural girons)

  1. lap (of a person)
  2. (figuratively) bosom, fold
    • 2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:
      L’étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron
      The net is tightening around Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku intends to bring back into its fold.
  3. (heraldry) gyron
  4. (architecture) tread, run (of a step)

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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giron

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎろん

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kierōn; cognate with Inari Sami kiärun, Skolt Sami ǩeâram.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkiːron/

Noun

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gīron

  1. ptarmigan, Lagopus muta

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative gīron
Genitive gīrona
Singular Plural
Nominative gīron gīronat
Accusative gīrona gīroniid
Genitive gīrona gīroniid
Illative gīronii gīroniidda
Locative gīronis gīroniin
Comitative gīroniin gīroniiguin
Essive gīronin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gīronan gīroneamẹ gīroneamẹt
2nd person gīronat gīroneattẹ gīroneattẹt
3rd person gīronis gīroneaskkạ gīroneasẹt

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Swedish

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Noun

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giron

  1. indefinite plural of giro