gyrophare
French, noun/ʒi.ʁɔ.faʁ/
gyrophare is spelled G-Y-R-O-P-H-A-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gyrophare is a French masculine noun meaning “the rotating or flashing light on top of an emergency vehicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Feu spécial d’avertissement émettant de la lumière tournant autour d’un axe vertical”.
What does gyrophare mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe rotating or flashing light on top of an emergency vehicle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Feu spécial d’avertissement émettant de la lumière tournant autour d’un axe vertical.
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 gyrophare
- gyrophares plural
- girophare alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gyrophare?
- /ʒi.ʁɔ.faʁ/
- /ʒi.ʁo.faʁ/
- \ʒi.ʁɔ.faʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gyrophare in French?
gyrophare appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).