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spiro

UK/ˈspɪɹəʊ/US/ˈspɪɹoʊ/

spiro noun: a polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings. Also the clipping of spironolactone.

Noun

spiro (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.

Proper noun capitalized: Spiro

Spiro (plural Spiros)

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name from Greek.

Also used as

spiro is also the clipping of spironolactone.

Forms of spiro

pluralSpiros

Origin of spiro

Ultimately from Latin spīra (“coil, twist”).

Probably borrowed from Albanian Spiro.

Words formed from spiro

Phrases with spiro

Questions about spiro

What does spiro mean?
Spiro means a polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
What part of speech is spiro?
Spiro can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spiro?
Spiro is pronounced /ˈspɪɹəʊ/ (UK).

Words near spiro in the dictionary

  1. spirkets
  2. spirketting
  3. spirkettings
  4. spirling
  5. spirlings
  6. spiro
  7. spiro compound
  8. spiro compounds
  9. spiro-
  10. spiro-annulated
  11. spiroacetal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spiro (page history and authors); Spiro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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