chir
English
editNoun
editchir (plural chirs)
- a freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins of Eurasia and North America, also known as schokur or broad whitefish
French
editEtymology 1
editAbbreviation of chirurgien (“surgeon”)
Noun
editchir m (plural chirs)
- 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
editAbbreviation of chirurgie (“surgery”)
Noun
editchir f (uncountable)
Kalasha
editNoun
editchir
- Alternative spelling of c'hir
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Byzantine Greek κῦρ (kûr).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchir m (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of chir (singular only)
Further reading
edit- chir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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