pyre

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaɪɚ/ Hyphenation: pyre Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) === Noun === pyre (plural pyres) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. (Can we find and add a quotation of Homer to this entry?) Iliad, p. 31 For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.— Any heap or pile of combustibles. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === pyre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === prey, rype == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpyreˣ/, [ˈpyre̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -yre Syllabification(key): py‧re Hyphenation(key): py‧re === Noun === pyre alternative form of pyree ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “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 3 July 2023 == Swedish == === Etymology === Apparently related to the verb pyra (“to smolder, sizzle, fidget”), itself of uncertain origin. === Noun === pyre n (colloquial) a small child (or animal); a tot, a sprout, a squirt, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes as a pet name in the definite. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== parvel småtting === References === “pyre”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “pyre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “pyre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “pyre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[2] (in Swedish), 1898–2023