Question 1

Where does the French word "tirer" come from?

Accepted Answer

Auguste Scheler derives it from the Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 taíran, from which the Spanish tirar is derived. He emphasizes the semantic proximity between 'pull', 'pull apart' and 'tear' that is found in the German zehren ('to destroy') and zerren ('to pull apart', 'to distend').

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "tirer"?

Accepted Answer

To move towards oneself, to bring towards oneself or after oneself.
To resist the action of the bridle, speaking of a horse.
To stretch, extend.
To elongate into thin threads, various metals, in order to use them for various purposes afterwards.
To remove, to extract a thing from another, to extract from a place, to subtract.
To steal by trickery, by pulling the loot from the victim's clothing or bag. Also used in the past for the theft of a coat: see tire-laine.
To steal, to steal in any way whatsoever.
To sink into the liquid to a certain depth, speaking of a floating object.
To choose by lot, to randomly draw tickets, names, numbers from the box that contains them.
To draw tarot cards in order to make a prediction.
To bring certain products from a more or less distant country.
To remove a person from a place, to remove them from something.
To free, to liberate someone.
To extract.
To inhale in order to absorb the smoke of a pipe, a cigar, etc.
To stretch, to extend, so as to no longer have any creases.
To remove, speaking of boots, shoes.
To gather, to perceive, to obtain, to receive from a given source.
To extract, to draw, to borrow.
To infer, to conclude.
To trace.
To sign a bill of exchange.
To print.
To produce a print on paper from an original image on film or computer media.
To make a missile, a firearm, fireworks, a rocket leave.
To explode the charge to break the rock.
To try to hit with a missile, with a firearm.
To use a missile weapon or a firearm, to make it go off.
To offend, to attack, to say offensive things.
To go off, speaking of a firearm.
To exert a traction, an effort to bring something to oneself.
To fight, to fence.
To leave it to the decision of chance.
To go, to head.
To have some relationship, some resemblance.
To be in resemblance, speaking of colors.
To carry out.
To finish
To throw the ball with the intention of violently hitting one or (more rarely) several targets among the balls played and the goal, in order to chase it or them away.
To throw a ball by hitting it (with one's foot, hand, etc., depending on the sport).

Question 3

What words are antonyms of the French word "tirer"?

Accepted Answer

<ul><li>pointer</li></ul>

Question 4

What is the translation of "tirer" into russian?

Accepted Answer

тянуть

Question 5

What is the translation of "tirer" into english?

Accepted Answer

shoot

Question 6

What is the translation of "tirer" into spanish?

Accepted Answer

disparar

Question 7

How to translate "tirer" into italian?

Accepted Answer

tirare

Question 8

How to translate "tirer" into german?

Accepted Answer

feuern

Question 9

What is the translation of "tirer" into portuguese?

Accepted Answer

tirar

tirer

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