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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestira
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tiʁɑ
"Il tira la corde avec force."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A phonetic representation or linguistic notation referring to the French past tense verb form indicating an action of pulling or drawing.
"The phonetic notation tiʁɑ accurately captures the pronunciation of the verb in standard Parisian French." - 2
A specific textual term found in language corpora and IPA dictionaries illustrating French phonology.
"Students of phonetics analyzed tiʁɑ to understand the realization of the uvular trill/fricative in French."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French phonetic IPA transcription of the past tense verb 'tira' (from 'tirer', meaning to pull or shoot), originating from Old French and Frankish roots. Over time, the form has been used in linguistic analyses and phonetic transcriptions representing the exact pronunciation of the 3rd person singular past historic.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tira" is said worldwide
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tira
Transliteration: tiʁɑ
"Il tira la corde avec force."
zog
Transliteration: tsok
"Er zog fest an dem Seil."
tirò
Transliteration: tiˈrɔ
"Lui tirò la corda con forza."
tiró
Transliteration: tiˈɾo
"Él tiró de la cuerda con fuerza."
puxou
Transliteration: puˈʃow
"Ele puxou a corda com força."
खींचा
Transliteration: khīnchā
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसने ज़ोर से रस्सी खींची।"
拉
Transliteration: lā
Script: 中文汉字
"他用力拉了绳子。"
당겼다
Transliteration: dang-gyeot-da
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 밧줄을 세게 당겼다."
引いた
Transliteration: hiita
Script: 日本語
"彼は力いっぱいロープを引いた。"
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