giron

giron (plural girons)

1. Alternative form of gyron.

• Gorin, O-ring, Ringo, groin

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/

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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)

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

• groin

giron

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎろん

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːron/

gīron

1. ptarmigan, Lagopus muta

• 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

giron

1. indefinite plural of giro