TIR

See also: 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.
2. Initialism of total indicator reading.

Further reading

• Total internal reflection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Total indicator reading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TRI, rit, tri, tri-

French

Noun

TIR m pl (plural only)

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

Further reading

• TIR Convention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French TIR.

Noun

TIR m (invariable)

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

Anagrams

• tri-

Turkish

Alternative forms

• tır (more common, lexicalized)

Etymology

From TIR Convention, abbreviation for "Transports Internationaux Routiers" (International Road Transport).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɯɾ/

Noun

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

1. vehicle displaying a TIR plate
2. semi-tractor, tractor unit

   Synonym: çekici

3. tractor-trailer, semi truck

Further reading

• “tır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tır³”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4809