spare tyre

English

Alternative forms

spare tire (North America)

Pronunciation

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Noun

spare tyre (plural spare tyres)

An extra tyre carried in case one of the vehicle's tyres is damaged or deflated.
Synonym: spare wheel
(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), 備胎 (zh), 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

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

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

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