empyrée

== French == === Alternative forms === Empyrée === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εμπύριος (empúrios, “that which is inflamed”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pi.ʁe/ Homophones: empirer, empiré, empirée === Noun === empyrée m (uncountable) (literary) the empyrean, highest part of the sky, that the ancients considered as the stay of the deities. ==== Usage notes ==== This word is said to exist in the singular only. === Further reading === “empyrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012