tuyère
See also: tuyere
English edit
Noun edit
tuyère (plural tuyères)
- Alternative form of tuyere
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French toiere, from tuyau (“pipe, tube, channel”), of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuyère f (plural tuyères)
- an air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven
- the back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: tuyere
Further reading edit
- “tuyère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.