tyre
The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or…The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
» I buy tyres.
Ich kaufe Reifen.
Я купую шини.
Meaning
4 sensesThe ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
pneumatic tyres
runflat tyres
Reifen
автомоби́льная ши́наavtomobílʹnaja šína, ши́наšína, покры́шкаpokrýška
ши́наšýna, автоши́наavtošýna, гу́маhúma
The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.
iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings
(India, uncountable)Curdled milk.
(obsolete, uncountable)Attire.
- hoop that covers a wheel
- a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
Examples
155 sentencesI buy tyres.
Я купую шини. — deniko
deIch kaufe Reifen. — mhr
I'm buying tyres.
Я купую шини. — deniko
deIch kaufe Reifen. — mhr
I have a tyre that is leaking air.
A nail penetrated the car tyre.
Шину пробило цвяхом. — aandrusiak
Take a look at these tyres.
Подивись-но на ці шини. — deniko
deSchau dir mal diese Autoreifen an! — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
Attested in the sense “rim of a wheel” since ca. 1500. Generally considered to be a use ofAttested in the sense “rim of a wheel” since ca. 1500. Generally considered to be a use of Middle English tir(e), a clipped byform of atir (“equipment, furnishings, ornament”), whence modern attire. A less accepted theory derives it from the verb to tie. The spelling tyre was predominant in the 16th century, but largely gave way to tire in the 17th and 18th, before it was revived again outside North America in the 19th century.
Borrowed from Tamil தயிர் (tayir), itself from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of dahi.
Possibly a shortening of attire; or metathetically from a tire, with the 'a' viewed as indefinite article a.
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