lyre

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: lyře

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
A lyre

Etymology

[edit]

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.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

lyre (plural lyres)

  1. (music) 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.
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  3. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

References

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)

  1. (rare) to play the lyre

See also

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

French

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

lyre f (plural lyres)

  1. lyre
  2. (rare) a cutting tool resembling a lyre

Descendants

[edit]
  • Romanian: liră
  • Turkish: lir

Further reading

[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål

[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Noun

[edit]

lyre f or m (definite singular lyra or lyren, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)

  1. (music) a lyre

Anagrams

[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

[edit]

lyre f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)

  1. (music) a lyre

Derived terms

[edit]