TIR

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

English

Noun

TIR (plural TIRs)

1. Initialism of total internal reflection.

Further reading

• Total internal reflection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TRI, rit, tri, tri-

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French

Noun

TIR m pl (plural only)

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

Further reading

• TIR Convention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

TIR

1. Initialism of trasporti internazionali su strada (“International Road Transport”).

Noun

TIR m (uncountable)

1. articulated lorry

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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.