Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: tiro
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of tyro.

name

A Niger-Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.

Example Sentences

"Schools, unleſs diſcipline vvhere doubly ſtrong, / Detain their adoleſcent charge too long. / The management of Tiro's of eighteen / Is difficult, their puniſhment obſcene."
"[T]he three chief periods or stages are so unmistakably indicated by the mere text itself, and so easily recognisable by the veriest tiro in the school of Shakespeare, […]"

Inflected Forms

tiros (plural) tiroes (plural) Thiro (alternative) Tira (alternative)

Synonyms

novice beginner tyro initiate

Questions

What does tiro mean?: Alternative spelling of tyro.

How to pronounce tiro

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