different between tyre vs byre

English

Etymology 1

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.

Alternative forms

• (US) tire

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ta??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)
• Homophone: tire

Noun

tyre (plural tyres) (British spelling, Irish, most current and former Commonwealth nations spelling)

1. The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
2. The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railway vehicle.

Derived terms

• pneumatic tyre
• spare tyre
• tyre barrier
• tyre lever

Descendants

• ? Chamorro: taia'
• ? Japanese: ??? (taiya)
• ? Korean: ??? (taieo)
• ? Malay: tayar
• ? Welsh: teiar

Translations

Verb

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

1. (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
   • 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)

     The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tamil ????? (tayir), itself from Sanskrit ??? (dádhi). Doublet of dahi.

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (India) Curdled milk.

Etymology 3

Noun

tyre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Attire.

Verb

tyre (third-person singular simple present tyres, present participle tyring, simple past and past participle tyred)

1. (obsolete) To adorn.

References

• tyre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Trey, Tyer, trey, trye, tyer

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tyne [tyn?] (Gheg)

Adjective

i tyre m (feminine e tyre, m plural e tyre, f plural e tyre)

1. their

Declension

See also

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?y??]

Etymology 1

Derived from the noun tyr (“bull”).

Verb

tyre (imperative tyr, infinitive at tyre, present tense tyrer, past tense tyrede, perfect tense har tyret)

1. grind away at
2. put down
3. kick violently

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tyre c

1. indefinite plural of tyr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tyre m or n (definite singular tyren or tyret, indefinite plural tyrar or tyre, definite plural tyrane or tyra)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by tyri

Anagrams

• ryte, yret, ytre

English

Etymology

From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English b?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Noun

byre (plural byres)

1. (chiefly Britain) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
   • 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part II:

     It was here in the kitchen, in the passage,

     In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]

   • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition):

     The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brey, Byer, Erby, yerb

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

1. child, son, descendant; young man, youth

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“hill, elevation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

1. mound

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

1. strong wind, storm

Descendants

• Middle English: bir
  • English: birr

Etymology 4

From Proto-Germanic *burjaz (“opportunity”), related to Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by.re/

Noun

byre m (nominative plural byras or byre)

1. time, opportunity; occurrence

Derived terms

• ambyre (“favorable, fair”)

Etymology 5

Probably related to Old English b?r. Perhaps identical to the word for a farm or dwelling in German -büren, Dutch -buren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by?.re/

Noun

b?re n (nominative plural b?ru)

1. stall, shed, hut

Derived terms

• c?b?re m (“cow-byre, cow-shed”)

Descendants

• English: byre

Scots

Etymology

From Old English b?re, but possibly influenced in usage by Gaelic "bò" meaning a cow.

Noun

byre (plural byres)

1. A cattle shed or outhouse

Derived terms

• Byreman, cattleherd
• Byregraip, a dung fork.