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pyre

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (pyre, funeral pile), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, fire). Doublet of fire.

Pronunciation

Noun

pyre (plural pyres)

  1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
    • For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.—Homer Iliad, p. 31
  2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpyreˣ/, [ˈpyre̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -yre
  • Syllabification(key): py‧re
  • Hyphenation(key): py‧re

Noun

pyre

  1. alternative form of pyree

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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compounds

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Swedish

Etymology

Apparently related to the verb pyra (to smolder, sizzle, fidget), itself of uncertain origin.

Noun

pyre n

  1. (colloquial) a small child (or animal); a tot, a sprout, a squirt, etc.
    mina små pyren
    my tiny tots

Usage notes

Sometimes as a pet name in the definite.

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