chir

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See also: chír, chir-, č̣hir, and chīr

English

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Noun

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chir (plural chirs)

  1. a freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins of Eurasia and North America, also known as schokur or broad whitefish

French

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Etymology 1

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Abbreviation of chirurgien (surgeon)

Noun

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chir m (plural chirs)

  1. surgeon
    • 2017, Aurélie Picton, Pascaline Dury, “Diastratic variation in language for specific purposes”, in Multiple Perspectives on Terminological Variation (overall work in English), John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 69:
      Chez nous les chirs demandent systématiquement des pelvi-scans.
      Our surgeons always ask for pelvi-scans.
    • 2020, Delphine Remy, Cancer ? Je gère !: Journal de bord d'un voyage singulier[1], Mardaga, →ISBN:
      J’ai passé un coup de fil à ma mère pour lui dire que le chir était juste génial et que je me sentais en d’excellentes mains.
      I made a call to my mom to tell her that the surgeon was just fantastic and that I felt I was in excellent hands.

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of chirurgie (surgery)

Noun

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chir f (uncountable)

  1. surgery

Kalasha

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Noun

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chir

  1. Alternative spelling of c'hir

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κῦρ (kûr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chir m (uncountable)

  1. (dated) sir, lord

Declension

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