autogire
French, noun/o.tɔ.ʒiʁ/
autogire is a French masculine noun meaning “autogiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aéronef à voilure tournante faisant penser à un hélicoptère, mais dont le rotor n’est pas motorisé”.
What does autogire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineautogiro
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aéronef à voilure tournante faisant penser à un hélicoptère, mais dont le rotor n’est pas motorisé. 2. Girodyne dont la voilure tournante n’est pas motorisée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autogire
- autogires plural
- autogyre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autogire?
- /o.tɔ.ʒiʁ/
- /ɔ.tɔ.ʒiʁ/
- \o.to.ʒiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autogire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autogire in French?
autogire appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).