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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autogyro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
au-t-o-gy-ro
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

autogyros (plural) autogiro (alternative)

Synonyms

autogiro gyroplane

Questions

What does autogyro mean?
An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
Where does autogyro come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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