giz

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

giz

1. (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of give us.

• gissa, gizza
• gizzit

• zig

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso, which was inherited.

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: giz

giz m (plural gizes)

1. chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)

• IPA^(key): /ɟiz/, [ˈɟiz̟]

Back-formation from gizli (“secret”) (adjective) and gizlemek (“to hide”).

giz (definite accusative gizi, plural gizler)

1. secret

• sır

• gizlemek
• gizli
• gizem

From Ottoman Turkish گز (giz), from Italian ghis, from Dutch giek.

giz (definite accusative gizi, plural gizler)

1. a main boom, a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, gaff

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• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ki˧˩/
• Tone numbers: gi²
• Hyphenation: giz

giz (1957–1982 spelling giƨ)

1. place; location