tuyère
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See also: tuyere
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuyère (plural tuyères)
- Alternative form of tuyere
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French toiere, from tuyau (“pipe, tube, channel”), of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: tuyere
Further reading[edit]
- “tuyère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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