autogyro

English

The C.4, the first successful autogyro, in 1923

Alternative forms

• autogiro

Etymology

From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro, from the same roots, coined by Juan de la Cierva c. 1920.

Noun

autogyro (plural autogyros)

1. (aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

Translations

aircraft with unpowered rotating wings

• Catalan: autogir m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自转旋翼机 (zìzhuǎn xuányì jī), 自旋翼机 (zì xuányì jī)

• Dutch: autogyro, autogiro
• Esperanto: aŭtogiro
• Finnish: autogiro (fi)
• French: autogire (fr)
• German: Tragschrauber (de) m
• Ido: autogiro (io)
• Italian: autogiro (it) m, girocottero m, giroplano (it) m
• Polish: autożyro n, wiatrakowiec m
• Russian: автожи́р (ru) m (avtožír)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑu̯.toːˈɣiː.roː/

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• Hyphenation: au‧to‧gy‧ro

Noun

autogyro m (plural autogyro's)

1. (less common) Official spelling of autogiro