Meanings
nounspare tyre (plural spare tyres)
plural spare tyres · alternative Canada US spare tire
- An extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.
Synonyms: spare wheel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.
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nounA large paunch and rolls of fat around the waist.
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Translations
Arabic العَجَلَة الاحْتِيَاطِيَّة
- العَجَلَة الاحْتِيَاطِيَّةextra tyre
Catalan roda de recanvi, sacsó
- roda de recanviextra tyre
- sacsófat around midsection
- mixelínfat around midsection
Chinese Cantonese 士啤呔, 士啤呔
- 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹)extra tyre
- 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹)fat around midsection
Chinese Mandarin 備用輪胎 /备用轮胎, 備胎 /备胎
- 備用輪胎 /备用轮胎 (bèiyòng lúntāi)extra tyre
- 備胎 /备胎 (bèitāi)extra tyre
- 救生圈 (jiùshēngquān)fat around midsection
Danish reservehjul, bildæk
- reservehjulextra tyre
- bildækfat around midsection
Dutch reservewiel
- reservewielextra tyre
Esperanto anstataŭa rado
- anstataŭa radoextra tyre
Finnish vararengas, vararengas
- vararengasextra tyre
- vararengasfat around midsection
- uimarengasfat around midsection
- jenkkakahvafat around midsection
French roue de secours, pneu de secours
- roue de secoursextra tyre
- pneu de secoursextra tyre
German Reserverad, Ersatzrad
- Reserveradextra tyre
- Ersatzradextra tyre
- Ersatzreifenextra tyre
- Reservereifenextra tyre
- Rettungsringfat around midsection
Greek ρεζέρβα
- ρεζέρβα (rezérva)extra tyre
Hungarian pótkerék, úszógumi
- pótkerékextra tyre
- úszógumifat around midsection
Icelandic björgunarhringur
- björgunarhringurextra tyre
Indonesian ban cadangan, ban serep
- ban cadanganextra tyre
- ban serepextra tyre
Irish roth breise, bonn breise
- roth breiseextra tyre
- bonn breiseextra tyre
- marógfat around midsection
- blonagfat around midsection
Italian ruota di scorta, ciambella
- ruota di scortaextra tyre
- ciambellafat around midsection
- maniglie dell'amorefat around midsection
- maniglie di venerefat around midsection
Japanese スペアタイヤ, 贅肉
- スペアタイヤ (supea taiya)extra tyre
- 贅肉 (zeiniku)fat around midsection
Korean 스페어타이어
- 스페어타이어 (seupeeotaieo)extra tyre
Norwegian Bokmål reservehjul, bilring
- reservehjulextra tyre
- bilringfat around midsection
Persian زاپاس
- زاپاس (zâpâs)extra tyre
Polish koło zapasowe, boczek
- koło zapasoweextra tyre
- boczekfat around midsection
Portuguese estepe, pneu
- estepeextra tyre
- pneufat around midsection
Russian запасно́е колесо́, запа́ска
- запасно́е колесо́ (zapasnóje kolesó)extra tyre
- запа́ска (zapáska)extra tyre
- жировы́е скла́дки (žirovýje skládki)fat around midsection
Spanish rueda de repuesto, rueda de recambio
- rueda de repuestoextra tyre
- rueda de recambioextra tyre
- michelínfat around midsection
- lorzafat around midsection
Swedish reservhjul, bilring
- reservhjulextra tyre
- bilringfat around midsection
Tagalog reserba
- reserbaextra tyre
Turkish stepne
- stepneextra tyre
Welsh teiar sbâr
- teiar sbârextra tyre
Cite this entry
APA
spare tyre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20tyre
MLA
“spare tyre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20tyre. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spare tyre,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20tyre.
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