girone
Italian
Etymology
From giro- + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈro.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: gi‧ró‧ne
Noun
girone m (plural gironi)
- large circular area
- steep curve (of a river, street, etc.)
- (archaic) a thick circle of defensive walls; a rampart
- (sports) round, leg
- (literature) any one of the three concentric zones in which Dante divides the seventh circle of Hell Wp
- (informal, literature) any one of the crags in Dante's Purgatory
- (informal, literature) any one of the heavens in Dante's Paradise
- oar handle
Related terms
- girone di andata (“first leg”)
- girone di ritorno (“second leg”)
Anagrams
- Ergino