tyre

== English == === Etymology 1 === Attested in the sense “rim of a wheel” since ca. 1500. Generally considered to be a use of Middle English tir(e), a clipped byform of atir (“equipment, furnishings, ornament”), whence modern attire. A less accepted theory derives it from the verb to tie. The spelling tyre was predominant in the 16th century, but largely gave way to tire in the 17th and 18th, before it was revived again outside North America in the 19th century. ==== Alternative forms ==== tire (US) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /taɪə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Homophones: tier, tire ==== Noun ==== tyre (plural tyres) (British spelling, Ireland, most of Commonwealth) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives. Coordinate term: strakes ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Chamorro: taia' → Japanese: タイヤ (taiya) → Korean: 타이어 (taieo) → Malay: tayar → Welsh: teiar ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred) (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle). === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Tamil தயிர் (tayir), itself from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of dahi. ==== Noun ==== tyre (uncountable) (India) Curdled milk. === Etymology 3 === Possibly a shortening of attire. ==== Noun ==== tyre (uncountable) (obsolete) Attire. ==== Verb ==== tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred) (obsolete) To adorn. === References === “tyre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === reyt, tyer, Tyer, Trey, trey, trye == Albanian == === Alternative forms === tyne [tynɛ] (Gheg) === Determiner === i tyre m (feminine e tyre, masculine plural e tyre, feminine plural e tyre) their ==== Declension ==== === See also === == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtˢyːɐ] === Etymology 1 === Derived from the noun tyr (“bull”). ==== Verb ==== tyre (imperative tyr, infinitive at tyre, present tense tyrer, past tense tyrede, perfect tense har tyret) grind away at put down kick violently ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== tyre c indefinite plural of tyr == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === tyri === Etymology === From Old Norse tyr(v)i n, from Proto-Germanic *terwią. Compare Swedish törve. Probably related to tjære. === Noun === tyre m or n (definite singular tyren or tyret, indefinite plural tyrar or tyre, definite plural tyrane or tyra) fatwood ==== Derived terms ==== tyrihjelm tyristake tyrispik ==== See also ==== gadd lysterkorg === References === “tyre”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “tyre” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring === Anagrams === ryte, yret, ytre