spare tyre

English

Alternative forms

• spare tire (Canada, US)

Pronunciation

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Noun

spare tyre (plural spare tyres)

1. An extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.

   Synonym: spare wheel

2. (idiomatic) A large paunch and rolls of fat around the waist.

Usage notes

• Spare tyre is generally a misnomer, as almost all vehicles actually carry an entire wheel with a tyre mounted on it as a spare.

Translations

extra tyre

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹)

  Mandarin: 備用輪胎／备用轮胎 (bèiyòng lúntāi), 备用轮胎 (bèiyòng lúntāi), 備胎／备胎 (zh) (bèitāi), 备胎 (zh) (bèitāi)

• Danish: reservehjul (da) n
• Esperanto: anstataŭa rado
• Finnish: vararengas (fi)
• French: roue de secours (fr) f, pneu de secours m
• German: Reserverad n, Ersatzrad n, Ersatzreifen (de) m, Reservereifen (de) m
• Greek: ρεζέρβα (el) f (rezérva)
• Hungarian: pótkerék (hu)
• Irish: roth breise m, bonn breise m
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• Italian: ruota di scorta f
• Japanese: スペアタイヤ (supea taiya)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ре́зервна гу́ма f (rézervna gúma)
• Norman: reue d'êpaîngne f (Jersey)
• Polish: koło zapasowe n
• Portuguese: estepe (pt) m
• Russian: запасно́е колесо́ n (zapasnóje kolesó), запа́ска (ru) f (zapáska)
• Spanish: rueda de repuesto f, rueda de recambio f
• Swedish: reservhjul n

fat around midsection

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹)

  Mandarin: 救生圈 (zh) (jiùshēngquān)

• Danish: bildæk (da) n
• Finnish: vararengas (fi), uimarengas (fi), jenkkakahva (fi)
• German: Rettungsring (de) m
• Hungarian: úszógumi (hu)
• Irish: maróg f, blonag (ga) f
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• Italian: ciambella (it) f, maniglie dell'amore f pl, maniglie di venere f pl
• Japanese: 贅肉 (ぜいにく, zeiniku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: жировы́е скла́дки f pl (žirovýje skládki)
• Spanish: michelín (es) m, lorza f
• Swedish: bilring c