empyré

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin empyreum, from empyrius, derived from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (whence Swedish fyr (“fire”)). First attested in 1871.

Noun

empyré c

1. empyrean

   Synonym: eldhimmel

Derived terms

• empyreisk (“empyrean”, adjective)