Latin

Proper noun

Tīrō m ‎(genitive Tīrōnis); third declension

1. A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Tullius Tiro (103–4 BC), freedman of and secretary to M. Tullius Cicero, and inventor of the Tironian notes

Declension

Third declension.

Derived terms

• Tīrōniānus

References

• Tīro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 Tīro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,578/1.
• “Tīrō²” on page 1,943/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Tyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin Tyrus ‎(“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος ‎(Túros), from Phoenician; see Tyre for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾo/
• Homophone: tiro

Proper noun

Tiro f

1. Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)

Related terms

• tírio

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ɾo̞]

Etymology

From Latin Tyrus ‎(“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος ‎(Túros) from Phoenician; see Tyre for more information.

Proper noun

Tiro f

1. Tyre (a city in Lebanon)

Related terms

• tirio

English

Alternative forms

• tyro

Noun

tiro ‎(plural tiros or tiroes)

1. A newly recruited soldier.
2. A novice without practical experience.

Anagrams

• riot
• roti
• tori
• trio

Asturian

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tirar

Catalan

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tirar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish tiro, from tirar ‎(“shoot, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną ‎(“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- ‎(“to tear, tear apart”).

Verb

tiro

1. (dated) to shoot, to fire a weapon
2. (dated) to shoot a goal

Synonyms

1. tira

Italian

Etymology

From tirare ‎(“to pull”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iro

Noun

tiro m ‎(plural tiri)

1. pull, tug, draught
2. throw, cast
3. (sports) shooting
4. (sports) shot, throw
5. (of weapons) shot, shooting, firing, range, reach
6. (military) fire
7. trick, turn
8. (of a cigarette) puff
9. (of a drug) sniff

Synonyms

• (throw): lancio
• (shot (sports)): colpo, sparo, portata
• (firing of weapons): fuoco
• (fire (military)): scherzo
• (trick): boccata
• (cigarette puff): sniffata

Related terms

Verb

tiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of tirare

Anagrams

• irto, orti, otri, rito, roti, tori, trio

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌕𐌉𐌓𐌏 ‎(tiro).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.roː/
• Homophone: Tīrō

Noun

tīrō m ‎(genitive tīrōnis); third declension

1. (Roman military) recruit
2. beginner, novice

Declension

Third declension.

Derived terms

References

• tiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TIRO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tiro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be an inexperienced speaker: rudem, tironem ac rudem (opp. exercitatum) esse in dicendo
    
  • recruits: tirones
    
• tiro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tiro in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ Ostler, Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin (p. 39)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian and Malay tinjau).

Verb

tiro

1. to observe
2. to inspect

Portuguese

Etymology

From tirar ‎(“to remove”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾo/
• Homophone: Tiro

Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)

1. the act of shooting
2. a fired shot
3. shooting firearms as a sport
4. (sports, figuratively) a very strong kick, throw or hit
5. (South Brazil) the act of throwing bolas or a lasso towards an animal
6. (soccer) free kick (kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference)

Synonyms

• (act of shooting): disparo
• (shooting sport): tiro ao alvo

Holonyms

• (fired shot): fogo, rajada

Derived terms

Related terms

• atirador
• atirar
• tirar

Verb

tiro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of tirar

Spanish

Etymology

See tirar ‎(“to throw”).

Noun

tiro m ‎(plural tiros)

1. shot (with a gun)
2. (soccer) shot
3. team (of horses)

Synonyms

• (gunshot): disparo

Derived terms

• a tiro
• al tiro
• tiro al blanco
• tiroteo

Related terms

• tirar

Verb

tiro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tirar.