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Tyr

Tyr

See also: tyr, týr, and Týr

Translingual

Abbreviation

Tyr

  1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of tyrosine

English

Proper noun

Tyr

  1. (Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw. Possibly the god after whom Tuesday was named.

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Translations

Anagrams


French

Proper noun

Tyr m

  1. Tyre

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɨr/

Proper noun

Tyr m inan

  1. Tyre, ancient city in present-day Lebanon

Declension


Portuguese

Proper noun

Tyr m

  1. (Norse mythology) Tyr (god of war)

tyr

tyr

See also: Tyr, týr, and Týr

Danish

Noun

tyr c (singular definite tyren, plural indefinite tyre)

  1. bull (uncastrated adult male of cattle)
  2. Taurean (someone with the Taurus star sign)
Inflection
Related terms

Etymology 2

See ty (til) (turn (to), resort (to)).

Verb

tyr

  1. present tense of ty

Norwegian

Alternative forms

  • tjor

Etymology

From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.

Noun

tyr m

  1. bull
  2. Taurus (Someone with a Taurus star sign)

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • tyrenakke

Swedish

Verb

tyr

  1. present tense of ty.

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • tor (literary)
  • torriff (colloquial)
  • torrith (colloquial)

Pronunciation

Verb

tyr

  1. (literary) third-person singular present / future of torri

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tyr dyr nhyr thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.