noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/
General-American:/ˈɡɝdɚ/
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET:G ER1 D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who girds; a satirist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beam
Narrower terms: I-beam
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gird Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English girder From gird + -er.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
tra
— main horizontal support in a building
Bulgarian:
трегер
(treger)
— main horizontal support in a building
Czech:
nosník
— main horizontal support in a building
Czech:
trám
— main horizontal support in a building
Dutch:
dwarsbalk
— main horizontal support in a building
Dutch:
draagbalk
— main horizontal support in a building
Finnish:
kannatinpalkki
— main horizontal support in a building
Finnish:
niskapalkki
— main horizontal support in a building
Finnish:
palkki
— main horizontal support in a building
French:
poutrelle
— main horizontal support in a building
Galician:
trabe
— main horizontal support in a building
Galician:
viga
— main horizontal support in a building
Georgian:
კოჭი
(ḳoč̣i)
— main horizontal support in a building
Georgian:
დირე
(dire)
— main horizontal support in a building
Georgian:
წამწე
(c̣amc̣e)
— main horizontal support in a building
German:
Träger
— main horizontal support in a building
German:
Balken
— main horizontal support in a building
German:
Unterzug
— main horizontal support in a building
German:
Tragbalken
— main horizontal support in a building
German:
Binder
— main horizontal support in a building
Ancient Greek:
στρωτήρ
(strōtḗr)
— main horizontal support in a building
Indonesian:
penopang
— main horizontal support in a building
Indonesian:
gelagar
— main horizontal support in a building
Indonesian:
girder
— main horizontal support in a building
Irish:
cearchaill
— main horizontal support in a building
Irish:
giarsa
— main horizontal support in a building
Italian:
trave
— main horizontal support in a building
Italian:
putrella
— main horizontal support in a building
Japanese:
桁
(keta)
— main horizontal support in a building
Japanese:
梁
(hari)
— main horizontal support in a building
Lao:
ສະດົມ
(sa dom)
— main horizontal support in a building
Latin:
trabs
— main horizontal support in a building
Livonian:
zīedõz
— main horizontal support in a building
Macedonian:
носач
(nosač)
— main horizontal support in a building
Malay:
galang
— main horizontal support in a building
Malay:
gelegar
— main horizontal support in a building
Māori:
kurupae
— main horizontal support in a building
Norwegian:
bærebjelke
— main horizontal support in a building
Norwegian:
drager
— main horizontal support in a building
Persian:
شاهتیر
(šâh-tir)
— main horizontal support in a building
Persian:
فرسب
(farasb)
— main horizontal support in a building
Polish:
dźwigar
— main horizontal support in a building
Polish:
belka
— main horizontal support in a building
Portuguese:
trave
— main horizontal support in a building
Portuguese:
viga
— main horizontal support in a building
Romanian:
grindă
— main horizontal support in a building
Romanian:
bârnă
— main horizontal support in a building
Russian:
ба́лка
(bálka)
— main horizontal support in a building
Serbo-Croatian:
греда
— main horizontal support in a building
Serbo-Croatian:
greda
— main horizontal support in a building
Slovak:
nosník
— main horizontal support in a building
Slovene:
nosilec
— main horizontal support in a building
Slovene:
tram
— main horizontal support in a building
Spanish:
viga
— main horizontal support in a building
Spanish:
jácena
— main horizontal support in a building
Swedish:
bärbjälke
— main horizontal support in a building
Swedish:
balk
— main horizontal support in a building
Swedish:
bindbjälke
— main horizontal support in a building
Tagalog:
kahab-an
— main horizontal support in a building
Turkish:
kiriş
— main horizontal support in a building
Ottoman Turkish:
مرتك
(mertek)
— main horizontal support in a building
Ottoman Turkish:
دیرك
(direk)
— main horizontal support in a building
Volapük:
stütabem
— main horizontal support in a building
