How to pronounce autogyro
American English pronunciation
aw-toh-JY-roh
- IPA
- /ˌɔtoʊˈdʒaɪɹoʊ/
- Syllables
- aw · toh · JY · roh (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What autogyro means
An aircraft with a free-spinning rotor and a propeller
In a sentence: The autogyro's top blades spun in the wind as its propeller pushed it across the sky.
Where it comes from: It joins auto-, from a Greek word for self, and gyro, from a Greek word for circle, because its top blades turn by themselves. An older spelling is autogiro.
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