tuyère
See also: tuyere
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French toiere, from tuyau (“pipe, tube, channel”), of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɥi.jɛʁ/
Noun
tuyère f (plural tuyères)
- an air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven
- the back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses
Related terms
- tuyautage m
Descendants
- English: tuyere
Further reading
- “tuyère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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