different between tier vs kier

English

Etymology 1

tie +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: t?'?(r), IPA^(key): /?ta?.?(?)/
• (US) enPR: t?'?r, IPA^(key): /?ta?.?/
• Hyphenation: tier
• Homophones: tire, tyre

Noun

tier (plural tiers)

1. One who ties (knots, etc).
2. Something that ties.
3. (archaic) A child's apron.

Etymology 2

From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English t?r (“glory, honour, fame”), German Zier (“adornment, ornament, decoration”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tî, IPA^(key): /?t??/
• (US) enPR: tîr, IPA^(key): /?t??/
• Hyphenation: tier
• Homophones: tear (as in droplet from one's eye)

Noun

tier (plural tiers)

1. A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)

1. (transitive) To arrange in layers.
2. (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
3. (transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

References

• Tier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tire, trie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From a dialectal form or pronunciation of Dutch tijger, from Middle Dutch tiger.

Noun

tier (plural tiere or tiers)

1. tiger
2. leopard

   Synonyms: bergtier, luiperd

Danish

Etymology 1

From ti (“ten”) +? er

Alternative forms

• 10'er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti???r/, [?t?i??]

Noun

tier c (singular definite tieren, plural indefinite tiere)

1. ten (the card between the nine and jack in a given suit)
2. ten (a monetary denomination worth ten units)
3. number ten (a person or a thing defined by the number ten, e.g. a bus-line)
4. (in the plural) tens (the second decade of a century, like the 1910s or 2010s)

Inflection

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti??r/, [?t?i??]
• Homophone: tiger

Verb

tier

1. present tense of tie

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

Verb

tier

1. first-person singular present indicative of tieren
2. imperative of tieren

Anagrams

• riet

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tier m (definite singular tieren, indefinite plural tiere, definite plural tierne)

1. a ten kroner coin, worth about £1 in Britain.
2. something or someone that has the number ten (ti)

Verb

tier

1. present of tie

References

• “tier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tier.

Noun

tier m (plural tiers)

1. (Sursilvan) animal

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
• (Sursilvan) bestia
• (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha

English

Alternative forms

• keir

Etymology

From Old Norse (whence also Icelandic ker (“tub”)).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

kier (plural kiers)

1. A bleaching vat.
   • 1934, Harry Bennett, Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets: The Classic “Do-It-Yourself” Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry, page 265,

     The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which is afterwards introduced into the kier. There is no change required in the bleaching operation.

   • 1999, Samir Ranjan Karmakar, Chemical Technology In The Pre-Treatment Processes Of Textiles, Elsevier, page 65,

     The traditional sequence of pre-treatment is shortened by single stage bleaching, where kiers are still in use.

   • 2007, Sarah Tarlow, The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850, Cambridge University Press, page 166,

     Inside the typically long, narrow bleaching crofts were cisterns for bleaching cotton yarn, now represented by sunken stone tanks, and sealed vats called ‘kiers’ for bleaching cloth. The kiers would have been two storeys high and made of metal, but now all that remains are the footings and brackets that show where they once stood (2004: 99).

Synonyms

• keeve

Anagrams

• Erik, Keir, Keri, Rike, keir, keri, rike

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

kier m or f (plural kieren, diminutive kiertje n)

1. fissure, narrow opening

   De deur stond op een kier

Anagrams

• reik, riek

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) k?erõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keertädäk.

Verb

kier

1. turn

Luxembourgish

Verb

kier

1. second-person singular imperative of kieren

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese querer and Spanish querer and Kabuverdianu kré.

Verb

kier

1. to want, to wish
2. to love, to like

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/

Etymology 1

From French cœur (“heart”), from Middle French coeur, cœur, from Old French cuer, coer, quer, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??r.

Noun

kier m anim

1. (card games) heart (a suit of cards)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kier f

1. genitive plural of kra

Further reading

• kier in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kier in Polish dictionaries at PWN