Phrase guide

flat tyre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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noun

Meaning 2

The result of stepping on the back of another individual's shoe in an accidental act, or deliberately to bully or tease this person, so as to cause the back of the shoe to collapse under the heel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رويضة مفشوشة (rwīḍa mafšūša) — deflated tyre
  • Catalan: punxada — deflated tyre
  • Catalan: avaria — deflated tyre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 爆胎 (bàotāi) — deflated tyre
  • Dutch: lekke band — deflated tyre
  • Dutch: platte band — deflated tyre
  • Finnish: puhjennut rengas — deflated tyre
  • Finnish: rengasrikko — deflated tyre
  • Finnish: tyhjä rengas — deflated tyre
  • French: pneu crevé — deflated tyre
  • French: crevaison — deflated tyre
  • Georgian: დაშვებული საბურავი (dašvebuli saburavi) — deflated tyre
  • Georgian: ჩაფუშული საბურავი (čapušuli saburavi) — deflated tyre
  • German: Platten — deflated tyre
  • German: platter Reifen — deflated tyre
  • German: Patschen — deflated tyre
  • German: Plattfuß — deflated tyre
  • Hebrew: פנצ׳ר (páncher) — deflated tyre
  • Hebrew: תקר (téker) — deflated tyre
  • Hungarian: gumidefekt — deflated tyre
  • Hungarian: defekt — deflated tyre
  • Italian: gomma a terra — deflated tyre
  • Japanese: パンク (panku) — deflated tyre
  • Japanese: フラットタイヤ (furattotaiya) — deflated tyre
  • Khmer: កង់បែក (kɑng baek) — deflated tyre
  • Khmer: បែកកង់ (baek kɑng) — deflated tyre
  • Macedonian: издишана гума (izdišana guma) — deflated tyre
  • Norman: tyeur bosté — deflated tyre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: punktering — deflated tyre
  • Polish: guma — deflated tyre
  • Polish: flak — deflated tyre
  • Polish: kapeć — deflated tyre
  • Polish: przebita opona — deflated tyre
  • Portuguese: pneu murcho — deflated tyre
  • Russian: спу́щенная ши́на (spúščennaja šína) — deflated tyre
  • Russian: сду́тая ши́на (sdútaja šína) — deflated tyre
  • Russian: проко́лотая ши́на (prokólotaja šína) — deflated tyre
  • Russian: проко́л (prokól) — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: llanta desinflada — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: neumático pinchado — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: pneumático ponchada — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: caucho vacío — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: pinchadura — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: pinchazo — deflated tyre
  • Spanish: rueda punchada — deflated tyre
  • Swedish: punktering (puncture) — deflated tyre
  • Swedish: punkterat däck — deflated tyre
  • Swedish: punka — deflated tyre
  • Turkish: patlak lastik — deflated tyre
  • Vietnamese: bánh xe xẹp — deflated tyre
  • Vietnamese: bánh xe bị xì — deflated tyre
  • Vietnamese: bánh xe bể — deflated tyre