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pyro en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/ (UK)
  • /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Meanings

  1. (slang) Pyromaniac, pyromaniacal.
  2. (informal) Pyrotechnic.
    • “I had told the guy a couple of weeks earlier that the pyro flames were getting too close,” he laughs. 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 24, column 4:

Forms

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more pyro Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pyro Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

pyromania

pyro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/ (UK)
  • /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang) A pyromaniac.
  2. (uncountable) Pyrocellulose.
  3. (countable, informal) A pyrotechnician.
  4. (informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.
  5. (archaic, especially, uncountable) Pyrogallol, pyrogallic acid.

Forms

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pyros Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

es piromaníaco (a pyromaniac) · es piro (a pyromaniac) · fi pyromaani (a pyromaniac)