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tuyere

/twiˈjɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tu-yere
IPA
/twiˈjɛɹ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French tuyère, from Middle French tuyere, from Old French toiere (“pipe-hole”), from tuyau, tueil, tudel (“pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tuyère, tuyere, toiere, *þeutā, *þeutǭ, *tu-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /twiˈjɛɹ/
  • British English: /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/

Inflected Forms

tuyeres (plural) tuyère (alternative) twyer (alternative) twyere (alternative) twier (alternative) tweer (alternative) twire (alternative)

Synonyms

tue-iron twire-pipe

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce tuyere?
The recorded pronunciation is /twiˈjɛɹ/.
What does tuyere mean?
A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
Where does tuyere come from?
It is traced to French.

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