tyre

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see also: Tyre

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /taɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

tyre (plural tyres)

1. (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ spelling) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.

Translations

• French: pneu, pneumatique
• German: Reifen
• Italian: gomma, pneumatico
• Portuguese: pneu
• Russian: автомобильный
• Spanish: neumático (especially Chile and Spain - formal usage in other countries), caucho (Venezuela), cubierta (Argentina), goma (Caribbean Islands), llanta (Latin America), rueda (Spain)

Verb

tyre (tyres, present participle tyring; past and past participle tyred)

1. (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
   • 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)

     The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (India) Curdled milk.

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Attire.

Verb

tyre (tyres, present participle tyring; past and past participle tyred)

1. (obsolete) To adorn.

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Tyre

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

1. An ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia, in present-day Lebanon.

Related terms

• Tyrian

Translations

• French: Tyr
• German: Tyrus, Tyros
• Italian: Tiro
• Portuguese: Tiro
• Russian: Тир
• Spanish: Tiro

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