tuyere

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tuyere

/twiːˈ(j)ɛə/ UK
/tuːˈjɛə/ UK
/ˈtwɪə/ UK
/ˈtwaɪə/ UK
/twiˈjɛɹ/ US
/tuˈjɛɹ/ US
/ˈtwɪɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ), -ɪə(ɹ), (Received Pronunciation) -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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”).

noun tuyeres · tuyère · twyer · twyere · twier · tweer

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 Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.
Similar: tue-iron, twire-pipe

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noun fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace

한국어	투이어 tu'ieo, 송풍구 songpunggu
中文	風口 /风口 fēngkǒu, 風咀 /风咀 fēngjǔ
Português	ventaneira
Français	tuyère
Deutsch	Blasdüse
Русский	фу́рма fúrma

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@misc{tuyere_2026,
  title = {tuyere},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tuyere},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}