Meanings
plural tuyeres · alternative tuyère · alternative twyer · alternative twyere · alternative twier · alternative tweer · alternative twire
- 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
Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.
1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21Synonyms: tue-iron, twire-pipe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tu-
- Proto-Germanic*þeutǭ“pipe, channel, flow”
- Frankish*thūta“pipe”
- Old Frenchtoiere“pipe-hole”
- Middle Frenchtuyere
- Frenchtuyère
- Englishtuyere
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 風口 /风口, 風咀 /风咀
- 風口 /风口 (fēngkǒu)fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
- 風咀 /风咀 (fēngjǔ)fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
Finnish suutin
- suutinfixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
French tuyère
- tuyèrefixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
German Blasdüse
- Blasdüsefixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
Korean 투이어, 송풍구
- 투이어 (tu'ieo)fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
- 송풍구 (songpunggu)fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
Portuguese ventaneira
- ventaneirafixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
Russian фу́рма
- фу́рма (fúrma)fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tuyere
Cite this entry
tuyere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuyere
“tuyere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuyere. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuyere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuyere.
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