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gyros¹

  • /ˈɡɪəɹəʊs/
  • /jɪəɹ-/
  • /ˈdʒɪəɹ-/
  • /ˈdʒaɪɹ-/

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From Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek).

noun gyros · gyroi

  1. alternative Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”). Now this has gotten me thinking ... I wonder whether I could build an odd-roc out of pita bread ... I'd have to toast it first, I guess, to make it rigid ... then again, I could roll it into a cone (sort of like the way I've most often seen gyroi made) and use a black olive for the nose to give it e

gyros²

  • /ˈɡɪəɹəʊz/
  • /jɪəɹ-/
  • /ˈdʒɪəɹ-/
  • /ˈdʒaɪɹ-/

noun

  1. plural plural of gyro (“Greek sandwich”)

gyros³

  • [ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊz]

noun

  1. plural plural of gyro (“gyroscope etc.”)

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@misc{gyros_2026,
  title = {gyros},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gyros},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}