tuyere

== English == === Alternative forms === tuyère, twyer, twyere, twier, tweer, twire === Etymology === From French tuyère, from Middle French tuyere, from Old French toiere (“pipe-hole”), from tuyau, tueil, tudel (“pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/, /tuːˈjɛə/, /ˈtwɪə/, /ˈtwaɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /twiˈjɛɹ/, /tuˈjɛɹ/, /ˈtwɪɹ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -ɪə(ɹ), (Received Pronunciation) -aɪə(ɹ) Hyphenation: tu‧yere or Hyphenation: tuy‧ere === Noun === tuyere (plural tuyeres) A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge ==== Synonyms ==== tue-iron twire-pipe ==== Translations ==== === References ===