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tuyere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtwɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /twiˈjɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈtwaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /tuˈjɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtwɪɹ/ (General-American)
  • /tuːˈjɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

  1. 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
    • Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace. 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tweer alternative lexicographic
twire alternative lexicographic
tuyeres Number=Plur lexicographic
twyer alternative lexicographic
tuyère alternative lexicographic
twyere alternative lexicographic
twier alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

twire-pipe · tue-iron

Translations (10)

pt ventaneira (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · ko 투이어 (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · ru фу́рма (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · fi suutin (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · fr tuyère (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · de Blasdüse (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · cmn 風口 /风口 (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · ko 송풍구 (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · cmn 風咀 /风咀 (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace) · sh duvnica (fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace)