gyros
- 1Plural of gyro.
They grilled dozens of gyros for the crowd at the street festival.
Two lamb gyros and a side of fries fed the whole table.
Note
Two singulars meet in this plural. Gyro adds -s, and the Greek-style singular gyros stays unchanged, so "two gyros" is correct whichever singular a speaker uses. The same spelling also belongs to the instrument plural. Only context separates a lunch order of lamb gyros from the gyros that steady a drone.
- 2SayJY-rohzUS/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊz/UK/ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəʊz/Plural of gyro.
The drone relies on tiny gyros to hold a level position in the wind.
Technicians calibrated the gyros before the satellite's final assembly.
Note
A different word altogether, with no tie to the Greek sandwich. Gyro here is a clipped name for several rotating devices: the gyroscope, the gyrocompass, the autogyro, and the detangler. The plural simply adds -s, and the surrounding text usually makes clear which device is meant, as with the gyros that hold a drone level or those calibrated in a satellite.
- 3SayYEE-rohsUS/ˈjiɹoʊs/UK/ˈjiːɹəʊs/Alternative form of gyro.
The diner near campus serves a chicken gyros that regulars swear by.
After the match, each of us picked up a gyros from the corner stand.
Note
The Greek singular carried over whole. Greek γύρος means a turn, after the meat rotating on its spit, and it is a calque of Turkish döner. Used as a singular (a gyros, two gyros), it also has a rare Greek-style plural, gyroi, which appears in Joseph Michael Bay's 1997 list of Rutgers food-truck fare: "burgers, steaks, gyroi". In Australia, Peter Moylan observes, Greek sellers spell the singular yeeros.
gyros is a form of gyro
gyro, noun: A Greek-style sandwich made with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce, usually wrapped in pita bread. Full entry
- Forms
- gyrogyros plural
- Spelling
- gyro → gyros: add -s
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Origin
From Greek γύρος (gýros), named for the turning of the meat on a spit, formed as a calque of the Turkish word döner into Greek.