pyre
See also: pýre
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpaɪɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: pyre
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Noun
editpyre (plural pyres)
- 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
- Any heap or pile of combustibles.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editfuneral pile
|
heap of combustibles
Further reading
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpyre
- Alternative form of pyree
Declension
editInflection of pyre (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pyre | pyreet | |
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | |
partitive | pyrettä | pyreitä | |
illative | pyreeseen | pyreisiin pyreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pyre | pyreet | |
accusative | nom. | pyre | pyreet |
gen. | pyreen | ||
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | |
partitive | pyrettä | pyreitä | |
inessive | pyreessä | pyreissä | |
elative | pyreestä | pyreistä | |
illative | pyreeseen | pyreisiin pyreihin | |
adessive | pyreellä | pyreillä | |
ablative | pyreeltä | pyreiltä | |
allative | pyreelle | pyreille | |
essive | pyreenä | pyreinä | |
translative | pyreeksi | pyreiksi | |
abessive | pyreettä | pyreittä | |
instructive | — | pyrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “pyre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Swedish
editEtymology
editApparently related to the verb pyra (“to smolder, sizzle, fidget”), itself of uncertain origin.
Noun
editpyre n
- (colloquial) a small child (or animal); a tot, a sprout, a squirt, etc.
- mina små pyren
- my tiny tots
Usage notes
editSometimes as a pet name in the definite.
Declension
editDeclension of pyre
See also
editReferences
edit- pyre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pyre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pyre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “pyre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][2] (in Swedish), 1937
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- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English words ending in "-yre"
- en:Funeral
- en:Fire
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/yre
- Rhymes:Finnish/yre/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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