giro

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

English

Etymology

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
• Homophone: gyro

Noun

giro (plural giros)

1. (in Europe, etc.) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. (UK, Ireland, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.
   • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 146:

     His Shepherd's Bush giro was in doubt now, because he had declined the exciting career opportunity to work in the Burger King in Notting Hill Gate.

Derived terms

• girocheque

Translations

type of transfer of funds

• Czech: žiro n
• Dutch: overschrijving (nl) f, giro (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĝiro
• Finnish: pankkisiirto (fi)
• French: virement (fr) m
• Italian: giroconto (it) m
• Polish: żyro (pl) n
• Vietnamese: chuyển khoản

Verb

giro (third-person singular simple present giros, present participle giroing, simple past and past participle giroed)

1. To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.

Anagrams

• Gori, Igor

Basque

Noun

giro inan

1. environment, atmosphere
2. ambience

Catalan

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjiːro/, [ˈɕiːo]

Noun

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

Inflection

Declension of giro

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	giro	giroen	giroer	giroerne
genitive	giros	giroens	giroers	giroernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.roː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gi‧ro

Noun

giro m (plural giro's, diminutive girootje n)

1. giro (transfer of funds)

Derived terms

• acceptgiro

Related terms

• giraal
• gireren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: giro

Fiji Hindi

Verb

giro

1. to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of giro

		first		second		third
		ham	ham log	tum	tum log	uu	uu log
simple	present	giri		giro		gire
	past	giraa		giraa		giris	girin*
	future	giregaa		giregaa		giri	giri*
continuous	present	girtaa hae		girtaa hae		gire hae
	past	girtaa		girtaa		girat rahis	girat rahin*
	future	girte rahegaa		girte rahegaa		girte rahii	girte rahii*
perfect	present	giraa hae		giraa hae		giris hae	girin hae*
	present	giraa rahaa		giraa rahaa		gire rahis	gire rahin*
	future	gir lia hogaa		gir lia hogaa		gir lie hoi	gir lia hoi*

• For the form uu logan "they"

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiro/ [ˈɡi.ro]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: gi‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch giro, from Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”). Doublet of girus.

Noun

giro (plural giro-giro)

1. (banking) demand deposit, checkbook money

   Synonym: simpanan giro

2. (banking) chequing account, cheque account, checking account, current account

Derived terms

• giro bilyet
• giro pos

Related terms

• giral

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦺꦴ (giro, “to leap up screaming (in fright)”).

Noun

giro (plural giro-giro)

1. (music) the opening song comes from the sounds of cente, saron, demung, selentem, kendang and gong, used to start a performance, for example ludruk

Further reading

• “giro”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: gì‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Noun

giro m (plural giri)

1. turn, twist, rotation, revolution
2. detour
3. lap (of a race)
4. stroll, walk

   Synonym: passeggiata

5. (in the plural) rounds (of a postman etc.)
6. period, space, course, time, run
7. ring (illegal group)
8. turn, round
9. circulation (of money)
10. row (of knitting)
11. (angular planar geometry) round

    L'angolo giro è l'esplementare dell'angolo nullo.

    The round angle is the conjugate angle of the null angle.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

(many likely via German)

• → Albanian: xhiro
• → Danish: giro
• → Dutch: giro
• → English: giro
• → Esperanto: ĝiro
• → German: Giro
• → Greek: τζίρος (tzíros)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girare

Anagrams

• Gori, Igor, igro-, rigo, rigò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Noun

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroer, definite plural giroene)

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

References

• “giro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Noun

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroar, definite plural giroane)

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

References

• “giro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -irɔ
• Syllabification: gi‧ro

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

giro f

1. vocative singular of gira (“leg”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

giro f

1. vocative singular of gira (“weight”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -iɾu
• Hyphenation: gi‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gew-der.

Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)bor.

Latin gȳruslbor.

Portuguese giro

Learned borrowing from Latin gȳrus.

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

1. rotation, turn (the act of turning around a centre or an axis)

   Synonyms: rotação, volta

   Ele fez um giro de 180 graus.

   He did a 180-degree turn.

Usage notes

Giro with the meaning of turn is not usually used in Portugal, with rotação or volta being preferred.

Related terms

• -giro

Adjective

giro (feminine gira, masculine plural giros, feminine plural giras)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) pretty, beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, bonito, gato

   O papel de parede é muito giro. ― The wallpaper is very pretty.

   Sim, ela é gira. ― Yes, she is pretty.

2. (Portugal, colloquial) interesting, nice

   Acho que é uma ideia gira. ― I think it's an interesting idea.

3. (geometry, of an angle) with 360 degrees.

   Synonym: completo

   ângulo giro ― round angle

Derived terms

• ângulo giro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerir

Further reading

• “giro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “giro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾo/ [ˈxi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: gi‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), borrowed from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-.

Noun

giro m (plural giros)

1. turn, spin

   navegación giro a giro ― turn-by-turn navigation

2. tour
3. (finance) giro, a money transfer
4. (economics) economical activity type or kind
5. (chemistry) spin number
6. turn of events, development
7. turn of phrase

Derived terms

• dar un giro
• giro negro
• luz de giro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of girar

Further reading

• “giro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝiːrʊ/

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

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

Related terms

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