Look at these plural forms of nouns ending in -eu:
Mes pneus sont dégonflés.
My tyres [US: tires] are flat.
Nouns ending in -eu generally take an -x in the plural.
Exceptions which take an -s :
| Singular | Plural | English |
| un pneu | des pneus | tyre(s) / tire(s) |
| un bleu | des bleus | bruise(s) |
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Both spellings are correct : "tire" is more US, whereas "tyre" is more UK :)
http://grammarist.com/spelling/tire-tyre/
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Thanks to you, it's now been fixed :)
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Just as it is "colour, neighbour, favour » «our » not « or » in the U.K., Canada And probably the rest of the Commonwealth! Please don’t change the spellings!!
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