gyro-とは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

接頭辞

gyro-

1. circle; circular or spinning motion
2. (mathematics) gyrovector space

派生語

(circle, circular, spinning, rotating):

(gyrovector space):

アナグラム

• Győr, Gory, orgy, gory

語源 1

Originally a shortening of gyroscope.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/
• Homophone: giro
• 韻: -aɪɹəʊ
• 韻: -ɪəɹəʊ

名詞

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A gyroscope.
2. A gyrocompass.
3. An autogyro.
4. (cycling) Synonym of detangler.

派生語

語源 2

Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.

別の表記

• gyros, giro, giros
• yiros, yero

発音

• IPA: /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/, /ˈjɪɹoʊ/, /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊ/

名詞

gyro (plural gyros)

1. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

   I'll have a gyro, please.

使用する際の注意点

The correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation /ˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/ is often proscribed. All of the listed pronunciations may be found in use. The modern Greek pronunciation is /ˈʝiɾos/:

参考

• kebab, doner kebab
• shawarma, shoarma, shwarma
• souvlaki

参照

Linguist List has a discussion of pronunciations (archived).

アナグラム

• Győr, Gory, orgy, gory

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈɡyː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈd͡ʒiː.ro]

動詞

gȳrō (present infinitive gȳrāre, perfect active gȳrāvī, supine gȳrātum); first conjugation

1. to turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate
2. to circle, revolve around

Conjugation

派生語

• congȳrō
• gȳrātus

関連する語

• gȳrus

派生した語

参照

• “gyro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "gyro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)