pyre

pyre

English

Etymology

From Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Doublet of fire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪɚ/
• Hyphenation: pyre
• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

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.

Related terms

• empyreal
• empyrean
• pyr-
• pyro-

 

• pyrée

Translations

funeral pile

Catalan: pira (ca) f Czech: hranice (cs) f Danish: ild (da) Dutch: brandstapel (nl) m Estonian: tuleriit Finnish: hautarovio, rovio (fi) French: bûcher (fr) m German: Scheiterhaufen (de) m Greek: πυρά (el) f (pyrá) Ancient: πυρά f (purá) Hindi: चिता (hi) m (citā) Hungarian: máglya (hu) Irish: breocharn m Italian: pira (it) f, rogo (it)

Latin: rogus m, pyra f Polish: stos pogrzebowy m Portuguese: pira (pt) f Romanian: rug (ro) n Russian: погреба́льный костёр m (pogrebálʹnyj kostjór) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: lòmača (sh) f Slovak: hranica f Spanish: pira (es) f Swedish: eld (sv) Telugu: చితి (te) (citi) Urdu: چتا‎ m (citā) Welsh: coelcerth (cy) f

heap of combustibles

Finnish: kokko (fi), rovio (fi)

Further reading

• pyre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prey, rype