pyre
See also: pýre
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Doublet of fire.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyre (plural pyres)
- A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
- For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.—Homer Iliad, p. 31
- Any heap or pile of combustibles.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
funeral pile
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heap of combustibles
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyre
- Alternative form of pyree
Declension edit
Inflection of pyre (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pyre | pyreet | ||
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | ||
partitive | pyrettä | pyreitä | ||
illative | pyreeseen | pyreisiin pyreihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pyre | pyreet | ||
accusative | nom. | pyre | pyreet | |
gen. | pyreen | |||
genitive | pyreen | pyreiden pyreitten | ||
partitive | pyrettä | pyreitä | ||
inessive | pyreessä | pyreissä | ||
elative | pyreestä | pyreistä | ||
illative | pyreeseen | pyreisiin pyreihin | ||
adessive | pyreellä | pyreillä | ||
ablative | pyreeltä | pyreiltä | ||
allative | pyreelle | pyreille | ||
essive | pyreenä | pyreinä | ||
translative | pyreeksi | pyreiksi | ||
abessive | pyreettä | pyreittä | ||
instructive | — | pyrein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “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 2023-07-03