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tyre

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English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. George Sturt in The Wheelwright's Shop (1923) makes a case for the latter derivation in that the metal tyre ('tyer') pulled the wooden wagon wheel tightly together when it shrank after being fitted red-hot. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States and Canada did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.

 
An antique tyre

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Noun edit

tyre (plural tyres) (British spelling, Irish, most current and former Commonwealth nations spelling)

  2. 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
    runflat tyres
  4. 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
    iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
    tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings
    • 1960 April, “The braking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:
      It is also curious that whereas brake-blocks made of certain compositions (other than cast iron) offer improved coefficients of friction, their use can reduce adhesion, and thereby increase the liability to skid (doubtless by tending to polish the tyres) by as much as 20 per cent.
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Descendants edit
  • → Chamorro: taia'
  • → Japanese: タイヤ (taiya)
  • → Korean: 타이어 (taieo)
  • → Malay: tayar
  • → Welsh: teiar
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Verb edit

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

  1. (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
    • 1929, The Listener, numbers 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.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Tamil தயிர் (tayir), itself from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of dahi.

Noun edit

tyre (uncountable)

  1. (India) Curdled milk.
    • 1809, The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, […] ‎[1], page 954:
      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.

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly a shortening of attire.

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tyre (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Attire.

Verb edit

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

  1. (obsolete) To adorn.

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Albanian edit

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Adjective edit

i tyre m (feminine e tyre, m plural e tyre, f plural e tyre)

  1. their

Declension edit

declension of i tyre
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative i tyre e tyre e tyre e tyre
accusative e tyre e tyre e tyre e tyre
genitive/dative/ablative të tyre së tyre të tyre të tyre

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Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns
adjectives pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the noun tyr (“bull”).

Verb edit

tyre (imperative tyr, infinitive at tyre, present tense tyrer, past tense tyrede, perfect tense har tyret)

  1. grind away at
  2. put down
  3. kick violently
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Conjugation of tyre
Active Passive
Infinitive tyre tyres
Present tense tyrer tyres
Past tense tyrede tyredes
Imperative tyr -
Participle
Present tyrende
Past tyret
Gerund tyren

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

tyre c

  1. indefinite plural of tyr

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Norse tyr(v)i n, from Proto-Germanic *terwią. Compare Swedish törve. Probably related to tjære.

Noun edit

tyre m or n (definite singular tyren or tyret, indefinite plural tyrar or tyre, definite plural tyrane or tyra)

  1. fatwood

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References edit

  • “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

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