lyre
See also: lyře
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
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- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/, /laɪɹ/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
- Homophones: liar, lier, lire
NounEdit
lyre (plural lyres)
- 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.
- A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
- (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
Related termsEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (a general class of instruments): yoke lute
ReferencesEdit
- 2012. Kisir and Tanbura. Dahab Khalil and Artur Simon. Pg. 96.
- 2007. Origins and Development of Musical Instruments. Jeremy Montagu. Pg. 128.
TranslationsEdit
stringed musical instrument
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lyre-shaped music holder
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VerbEdit
lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)
- (rare) to play the lyre
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “lyre” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “lyre” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lyre f (plural lyres)
- lyre
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Further readingEdit
- “lyre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
lyre f or m (definite singular lyra or lyren, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
lyre f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)