tuyere

Meaning

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

Synonyms

lance

mouth of blast pipe

Translations

tuyère

Blasdüse

Blaseloch

Blasform

Winddüse

Windform

σωλήνας φυσητήρα

Düse

buse à vent

Form

Pronounced as (IPA)

/twiːˈ(j)ɛə/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon: theuta

Cognate with Old High German: watardioza

Cognate with Old English: þēote

Cognate with Icelandic: þjótandi

Cognate with Icelandic: þjóta

In summary

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”).