different between tyre vs thre

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

Numeral

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Noun

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three

Anagrams

• Hert

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þre, thrie, thri, threo

Etymology

From Old English þri?, þr?, þre?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?/, /??ri?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Numeral

thre

1. three

Related terms

• thridde
• thrittene

Descendants

• English: three
• Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
• Yola: dhree, dhrie

References

• “thr??, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír.

Numeral

thre

1. three

Descendants

• Danish: tre

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þr??. Cognates include Old English þr? and Old Saxon thr?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?/

Numeral

thr? m

1. three

Declension

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: trii

  Goesharde: trä m, träi f or n

  Halligen: tree'e m, traane f or n

  Helgoland: tree

  Mooring: tra m, trii f or n

  Sylt: trii

  Wiedingharde: trä m, träi f or n

• Saterland Frisian: träi m; trjo, tjo f or n
• West Frisian: trije

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 68

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

thre

1. Aspirate mutation of tre.