tire

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ] (Southern US, Appalachia) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɚ/ (Midwestern US) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ(ə)ɹ/, /ˈtʌɪ(ə)ɹ/, [ˈtəj(ə)ɹ] Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Homophones: tier, tyre === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tyre (dialectal) ==== Verb ==== tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired) (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with). (transitive) To bore. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== tiresome ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre. ==== Alternative forms ==== (rubber covering on a wheel): tyre ==== Noun ==== tire (plural tires) (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire. , New York Review of Books 2001, p.66: men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […]. A covering for the head; a headdress. ===== Usage notes ===== Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British spelling. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Kashubian: tajra (Canada) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired) (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn. ===== Related terms ===== tiring-house ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”). ==== Alternative forms ==== tyre ==== Verb ==== tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired) (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== tire (plural tires) A tier, row, or rank. === Further reading === “tire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tier, trie == Asturian == === Verb === tire first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tiˈre] Hyphenation: ti‧re === Noun === tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər) dash (punctuation mark) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tiʁ/ ==== Verb ==== tire inflection of tirer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from tirer. ==== Noun ==== tire f (plural tires) (in expressions) verbal noun of tirer; pulling, drawing vol à la tire ― pickpocketing voleur à la tire ― pickpocket métier à la tire ― drawloom (Canada) taffy, especially maple taffy tire d’érable ― maple taffy (France, informal) car (dated) route === Etymology 3 === From English. ==== Noun ==== tire m (plural tires) (North America) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc) === Further reading === “tire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === trie, trié == Galician == === Verb === tire inflection of tirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === Inherited from French tirer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiɣe/ === Verb === tire to shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow) == Hausa == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tray. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tì.ré/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.ré] === Noun === tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên) tray == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiː.re/ === Noun === tīre dative singular of tīr == Oyda == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === tire live ==== Related terms ==== boza hargintene hayk'ene === References === == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Verb === tire inflection of tirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtəiər/ === Verb === tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tirin, simple past and past participle tiret) to tire == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɾe] Rhymes: -iɾe Syllabification: ti‧re === Verb === tire inflection of tirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Turkish == === Etymology === From French tiret. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ti.ɾe/ === Noun === tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler) "-" Hyphen-minus symbol, used as a hyphen, minus sign, and a dash. ==== Declension ====