tuyere

tuyere

See also: tuyère

English

A tuyere, seen from inside an empty blast furnace.

Alternative forms

• tuyère, twyer, twyere, twier, tweer, twire

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/, /tuːˈjɛə/, /ˈtwɪə/, /ˈtwaɪə/[1][2][3]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /twiˈjɛɹ/, /tuˈjɛɹ/, /ˈtwɪɹ/[4]
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛə, (Received Pronunciation) -ɪə, (Received Pronunciation) -aɪə, (General American) -ɛɹ, (General American) -ɪɹ
• Hyphenation: tu‧yere

Noun

tuyere (plural tuyeres)

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
   • 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21:

     Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.

Synonyms

• tue-iron
• twire-pipe

Translations

fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace

Chinese: Mandarin: 風口／风口 (zh) (fēngkǒu), 風咀／风咀 (fēngjǔ) Finnish: suutin (fi) French: tuyère (fr) f German: Blasdüse f Korean: 투이어 (tu'ieo), 송풍구 (songpunggu) Russian: фу́рма (ru) f (fúrma) Serbo-Croatian: duvnica f

References

1. The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
2. “tuyere”, in Collins English Dictionary.
3. “tuyere”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
4. “tuyere”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.