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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Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
1/05/17
Bonjour Cadena !
Thank you for reporting a typo.
Thanks to you, it's now been fixed :)
Merci et à bientôt !
Thank you for reporting a typo.
Thanks to you, it's now been fixed :)
Merci et à bientôt !
Katherine
Kwiziq community member
7/05/17
Not exactly a typo, rather an alternative spelling- it is tyres in the UK.
Marnie
Kwiziq community member
31/07/18
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!!
Rick
Kwiziq community member
18 April 2018
2 replies
my tires are flat
This is misspelled, should be tyres.
Chris
Kwiziq community member
18 April 2018
18/04/18
Well, in the US they are tires. ;)
-- Chris.
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
19 April 2018
19/04/18
Both spellings are correct : "tire" is more US, whereas "tyre" is more UK :)
http://grammarist.com/spelling/tire-tyre/
Bonne journée !