tyre
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tyre¹
- /taɪə(ɹ)/ UK
Sounds like tier, tire, (tar-tire-tower merger) tar, tower · Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun tyres · tire
- The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. pneumatic tyres
- 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. iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
verb tyres · tyring · tyred · tire
- To fit tyres to (a vehicle). The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.
tyre²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tamil தயிர் (tayir), itself from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of dahi.
noun
- Curdled milk. The boiled milk, that the family has not used, is allowed to cool in the same vessel; and a little of the former days tyre, or curdled milk, is added to promote its coagulation, and the acid fermentation. Next morning it has become tyre, or coagulated acid milk.
tyre³
Where it comes from
Possibly a shortening of attire; or metathetically from a tire, with the 'a' viewed as indefinite article a.
noun
- Attire. And feeble nature cloth'd with fleshly tyre
verb tyres · tyring · tyred
- To adorn.
Tyre⁴
- /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /Ṣur/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”), Akkadian 𒌷𒀫𒊒 (ᵁᴿᵁṣur-ru /Ṣurru/), Tarifit aẓru (“rock”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, “stone”), Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣Vrr- (“flint”). Cognate to Arabic صُور (ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר (Tzor), Tiberian Hebrew צר (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.
proper noun Tyrus
- A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
- An unincorporated community in Austin Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States, named after the biblical Tyre.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Seneca County, New York, United States, named after Tyre, Lebanon.
Tyre⁵
proper noun Tyres
- A surname
- A male given name.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tire, wheel, inflatable, marksmanship, bullet, shooting, gunshot, band, draught, parade, range, fire, firing, mark, pneumatic, pull
Translations
Every language
noun wheel covering
| Español | neumático, caucho, cubierta, goma, llanta, rueda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 타이어 taieo |
| 日本語 | タイヤ taiya |
| 中文 | 輪胎 /轮胎 lúntāi, 車胎 /车胎 chētāi |
| हिन्दी | पहिया pahiyā, टायर ṭāyar |
| Kiswahili | gurudumu, tairi |
| Português | pneu |
| Français | pneu, pneumatique |
| Deutsch | Reifen |
| Italiano | gomma, pneumatico |
| Ελληνικά | λάστιχο lásticho, ελαστικό elastikó, επίσωτρο epísotro |
| Română | pneu, cauciuc |
| Русский | автомоби́льная ши́на avtomobílʹnaja šína, ши́на šína, покры́шка pokrýška, автоши́на avtošína |
| Tiếng Việt | vỏ, lốp |
| العربية | إِطَار ʔiṭār |
| עברית | צְמִיג tsmíg |
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title = {tyre},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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