chir

chir (plural chirs)

1. a freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins of Eurasia and North America, also known as schokur or broad whitefish

Abbreviation of chirurgien (“surgeon”)

chir m (plural chirs)

1. 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.

Abbreviation of chirurgie (“surgery”)

chir f (uncountable)

1. surgery

chir

1. alternative spelling of c'hir

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κῦρ (kûr).

• IPA^(key): /kir/

chir m (uncountable)

1. (dated) sir, lord

• “chir”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025