summer tire

English

Alternative forms

• summer tyre

Etymology

From summer +‎ tire.

Noun

summer tire (plural summer tires)

1. (automotive) A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in wet and dry conditions, and will function in hot and cool weather, but does not maintain grip in cold or freezing conditions
2. (slang) all-season tires (due to the fact that they are typically factory fitted to cars for summer use, and by law, they cannot be used in some jurisdictions in winter)

Coordinate terms

• dry-weather tire (a summer tire with poor wet surface performance, but with improved high speed dry performance)
• wet-weather tire (a summer tire with improved wet weather performance to reduce aquaplaning)
• all-season tire
• all-weather tire
• winter tire
• snow tire
• studded tire

Translations

type of tire

• Dutch: zomerband (nl) m
• Finnish: kesärengas (fi)
• French: pneu d’été m, pneu été m
• German: Sommerreifen (de) m
• Polish: opona letnia f
• Swedish: sommardäck (sv) n