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lyre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /lɑə̯ ~ lɑː/ (UK) triphthong smoothing
  • /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ (US)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlaɪ.ə/ (UK)
  • /laɪɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English lire (13th c.), from Old French lire, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira, lyra, and Lyra.

Meanings

  1. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
  2. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. ▸ Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  3. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  4. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lyres Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lyre-tailed · lyre-guitar · lyrist · bell lyre · lyre snake · lyriferous · lyriform · lyrism · lyreless · lyre sponge · lyrichord · lyretail · lyrelike

Relateds

lyric · lyrate · lyrebird · lyrical · Lyra

Synonyms

yoke lute (a general class of instruments)

Translations (56)

de Lyra (stringed musical instrument) · sh lȋra (stringed musical instrument) · fa چنگ (stringed musical instrument) · da lyre (stringed musical instrument) · sv lyra (stringed musical instrument) · pms lira (stringed musical instrument) · pl lira (stringed musical instrument) · tr lir (stringed musical instrument) · grc κιθάρα (stringed musical instrument) · bg лира (stringed musical instrument) · grc λύρα (stringed musical instrument) · cop ⲗⲩⲣⲁ (stringed musical instrument) · grc φόρμιγξ (stringed musical instrument) · hy քնար (stringed musical instrument) · fa چنگ رومی (stringed musical instrument) · sq sharkë (stringed musical instrument) · ar كِنَّارَة (stringed musical instrument) · it lira (stringed musical instrument) · la lyra (stringed musical instrument) · hil árpa (stringed musical instrument) · ja ライアー (stringed musical instrument) · eo liro (stringed musical instrument) · sk lýra (stringed musical instrument) · sw kinubi kidogo (stringed musical instrument) · ang hearpe (stringed musical instrument) · es lira (stringed musical instrument) · lt lyra (stringed musical instrument) · alt лира (stringed musical instrument) · uga 𐎋𐎐𐎗 (stringed musical instrument) · sl lira (stringed musical instrument) · ru ли́ра (stringed musical instrument) · el λύρα (stringed musical instrument) · is lýra (stringed musical instrument) · is lýra (lyre-shaped music holder) · et lüüra (stringed musical instrument) · fo lýri (stringed musical instrument) · fr lyre (stringed musical instrument) · ga lir (stringed musical instrument) · io liro (stringed musical instrument) · de Leier (stringed musical instrument) · he כִּנּוֹר (stringed musical instrument) · eu lira (stringed musical instrument) · ca lira (stringed musical instrument) · sq jongarsharki (stringed musical instrument) · zh 里拉 (stringed musical instrument) · ro liră (stringed musical instrument) · sw lira (stringed musical instrument) · hu líra (stringed musical instrument) · fi lyyra (stringed musical instrument) · cs lyra (stringed musical instrument) · cop ⲕⲓⲑⲁⲣⲁ (stringed musical instrument) · oc lira (stringed musical instrument) · cy telyn gron (stringed musical instrument) · pt lira (stringed musical instrument) · ota چنك (stringed musical instrument) · nl lier (stringed musical instrument)

wikidata: Q201129 · wikidata: Q201129

lyre en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /lɑə̯ ~ lɑː/ (UK) triphthong smoothing
  • /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ (US)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlaɪ.ə/ (UK)
  • /laɪɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English lire (13th c.), from Old French lire, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira, lyra, and Lyra.

Meanings

  1. (rare) to play the lyre
    • Alas, far times ago / A woman lyred here / In the evenfall; one who fain did so / From year to year; / And, in loneliness bending wistfully, / Would wake each note / In sick sad rote, / None to listen or see! 1922, Thomas Hardy, “Penance”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 143:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lyres Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lyring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lyred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lyred Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

harp