Phrase guide

spare tyre

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spare wheel

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A large paunch and rolls of fat around the waist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: love handle

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: العَجَلَة الاحْتِيَاطِيَّة — extra tyre
  • Catalan: roda de recanvi — extra tyre
  • Chinese Cantonese: 士啤呔 (si6 be1 taai1) — extra tyre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 備用輪胎 /备用轮胎 (bèiyòng lúntāi) — extra tyre
  • Chinese Mandarin: 備胎 /备胎 (bèitāi) — extra tyre
  • Danish: reservehjul — extra tyre
  • Dutch: reservewiel — extra tyre
  • Esperanto: anstataŭa rado — extra tyre
  • Finnish: vararengas — extra tyre
  • French: roue de secours — extra tyre
  • French: pneu de secours — extra tyre
  • Galician: roda de reposto — extra tyre
  • German: Reserverad — extra tyre
  • German: Ersatzrad — extra tyre
  • German: Ersatzreifen — extra tyre
  • German: Reservereifen — extra tyre
  • Greek: ρεζέρβα (rezérva) — extra tyre
  • Hungarian: pótkerék — extra tyre
  • Icelandic: björgunarhringur — extra tyre
  • Indonesian: ban cadangan — extra tyre
  • Indonesian: ban serep — extra tyre
  • Irish: roth breise — extra tyre
  • Irish: bonn breise — extra tyre
  • Italian: ruota di scorta — extra tyre
  • Japanese: スペアタイヤ (supea taiya) — extra tyre
  • Korean: 스페어타이어 (seupeeotaieo) — extra tyre
  • Macedonian: ре́зервна гу́ма (rézervna gúma) — extra tyre
  • Norman: reue d'êpaîngne — extra tyre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reservehjul — extra tyre
  • Persian: زاپاس (zâpâs) — extra tyre
  • Polish: koło zapasowe — extra tyre
  • Portuguese: estepe — extra tyre
  • Russian: запасно́е колесо́ (zapasnóje kolesó) — extra tyre
  • Russian: запа́ска (zapáska) — extra tyre
  • Spanish: rueda de repuesto — extra tyre
  • Spanish: rueda de recambio — extra tyre
  • Swedish: reservhjul — extra tyre
  • Tagalog: reserba — extra tyre
  • Turkish: stepne — extra tyre
  • Welsh: teiar sbâr — extra tyre
  • Catalan: sacsó — fat around midsection
  • Catalan: mixelín — fat around midsection
  • Chinese Cantonese: 士啤呔 (si6 be1 taai1) — fat around midsection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救生圈 (jiùshēngquān) — fat around midsection
  • Danish: bildæk — fat around midsection
  • Finnish: vararengas — fat around midsection
  • Finnish: uimarengas — fat around midsection
  • Finnish: jenkkakahva — fat around midsection
  • German: Rettungsring — fat around midsection
  • Hungarian: úszógumi — fat around midsection
  • Irish: maróg — fat around midsection
  • Irish: blonag — fat around midsection
  • Italian: ciambella — fat around midsection
  • Italian: maniglie dell'amore — fat around midsection
  • Italian: maniglie di venere — fat around midsection
  • Japanese: 贅肉 (zeiniku) — fat around midsection
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bilring — fat around midsection
  • Polish: boczek — fat around midsection
  • Portuguese: pneu — fat around midsection
  • Russian: жировы́е скла́дки (žirovýje skládki) — fat around midsection
  • Spanish: michelín — fat around midsection
  • Spanish: lorza — fat around midsection
  • Swedish: bilring — fat around midsection