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tuyere

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tuːˈjɛə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪə/
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /twiˈjɛɹ/
  • General-American: /tuˈjɛɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈtwɪɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -aɪə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French tuyère, from Middle French tuyere, from Old French toiere (“pipe-hole”), from tuyau, tueil, tudel (“pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 風口 /风口 (fēngkǒu) — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風咀 /风咀 (fēngjǔ) — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Finnish: suutin — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • French: tuyère — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • German: Blasdüse — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Korean: 투이어 (tu'ieo) — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Korean: 송풍구 (songpunggu) — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Portuguese: ventaneira — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Russian: фу́рма (fúrma) — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
  • Serbo-Croatian: duvnica — fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace