tuyère

== English == === Noun === tuyère (plural tuyères) Alternative form of tuyere. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French toiere, from tuyau (“pipe, tube, channel”), of Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɥi.jɛʁ/ === Noun === tuyère f (plural tuyères) an air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven the back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses ==== Related terms ==== tuyautage m ==== Descendants ==== English: tuyere === Further reading === “tuyère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012