tuyère

See also: tuyere

English

Noun

tuyère (plural tuyères)

1. Alternative form of tuyere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French toiere, from tuyau (“pipe, tube, channel”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɥi.jɛʁ/

Noun

tuyère f (plural tuyères)

1. an air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven
2. the back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses

Related terms

• tuyautage m

Descendants

• English: tuyere

Further reading

• “tuyère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.