TIR

See also: tir, Tir, tír, tìr, tîr, and Appendix:Variations of "tir"

English

Proper noun

TIR

  1. (road transport, international law) The Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets.

Noun

TIR (plural TIRs)

  1. Initialism of total internal reflection.

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Anagrams

French

Noun

TIR m pl (plural only)

  1. Initialism of Transports Internationaux Routiers (“International Road Transports”).

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French TIR.

Noun

TIR m (invariable)

  1. articulated lorry, semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer

Anagrams

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɯɾ/

Noun

TIR (definite accusative TIR'ı, plural TIR'lar)

  1. vehicle displaying a TIR plate
  2. heavy truck
    Gaziantep'te ters istikametlerden gelen hafriyat TIR'ları kafa kafaya çarpıştı.
    In Gaziantep, excavation trucks coming from opposite directions collided head-on.

Usage notes
  • In Turkish, the word is an acronym, pronounced as a single syllable.
  • In the more general sense of "heavy truck", divorced from a notion of adhering to the regulations of the TIR convention, the spelling "tır" is more common.
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