tir

Abbreviation

tir

1. The ISO 639-3 language code for Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

tir m (plural tirioù)

1. land

Inflection

Noun

tir m (plural tirs)

1. shot
2. shooting (sport)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

tir m (plural tiryow)

1. land, earth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʁ/

• (file)

Noun

tir m (plural tirs)

1. shot
2. shooting (sport)

Further reading

• “tir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rit, rît
• tri

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dey-.

Cognate with Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). A variant of Proto-Germanic *tērīn-, whence Old High German zierī (German Zier (“splendour, beauty”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

Noun

tīr m

1. fame; glory; honour

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tīros from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include English thirst, Latin terra.

Noun

tir m

1. land

Etymology

From blue-and-white plates with the French initialism TIR (“Transports Internationaux Routiers”), which are put on vehicles matching the requirements of the TIR Convention.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tir/

Noun

tir m anim

1. articulated lorry

Etymology

From Bengali তীর (tir), from Persian تیر‎ (tir).

Noun

tir

1. arrow

Etymology

From Old Welsh tir, from Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

tir m (plural tiroedd)

1. land

Mutation