tirà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tira"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [tiˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).

Noun

tirà m (plural tirans, feminine tirana)

1. tyrant

Noun

tirà m (plural tirans)

1. suboscine (passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)

Derived terms

• tiranejar
• tiranet
• tirania
• tiranitzar

 

Related terms

• tirànic
• tiranicida
• tiranicidi

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tirà

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar

Further reading

• “tirà” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Lombard

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈra/ (Milanese)

Verb

tirà

1. to pull

Further reading

• The Lombard edition of Wiktionary