virer
Meaning
- (intransitive) to bear, veer (change direction slightly)
- (intransitive) to turn into, become
- (transitive) to transfer (money, from one account to another)
- (colloquial, transitive) to get rid of, fire, shitcan
Concepts
Synonyms
changer de direction
faire tourner
changer de sens
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vi.ʁe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (in which case it is a doublet of vibrer) or possibly from an alteration of gȳrō. Compare Italian virare, Spanish virar. Or, possibly from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”).
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