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.

See also

• Thor

Translations

Anagrams

• try

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)

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

• tyre
• Tyren

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

• okse, stut

Derived terms

• tyrenakke

Swedish

Verb

tyr

1. present tense of ty.

Welsh

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tɪr/

Verb

tyr

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

Mutation