giron

See also: Giron and gıron

English

Noun

giron (plural girons)

1. Alternative form of gyron.

Anagrams

• Gorin, O-ring, Ringo, groin

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/

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Noun

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)

Descendants

• → Catalan: giró
• → English: gyron

Further reading

• “giron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• groin

Japanese

Romanization

giron

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎろん

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːron/

Noun

gīron

1. ptarmigan, Lagopus muta

Inflection

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

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

Swedish

Noun

giron

1. indefinite plural of giro