Lyre

English

Wikipedia

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A lyre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρα (lyra), “‘lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise’”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/, /laɪɹ/

  Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

• Homophones: liar, lier

Noun

Singular Lyre

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Lyre ({{{1}}})

1. a stringed musical instrument.

Related terms

• Lyra
• lyrebird
• lyrical

Translations

a stringed musical instrument

Armenian: քնար hy(hy) (k'nar) Basque: lira eu(eu) Catalan: lira f. Chinese: 里拉 (lǐlā) Croatian: lȋra hr(hr) f. Czech: lyra cs(cs) f. Danish: lyre da(da) c. Dutch: lier nl(nl) f. Esperanto: liro eo(eo) Estonian: lüüra et(et) Finnish: lyyra fi(fi) French: lyre fr(fr) f. German: Leier de(de) f., Lyra de(de) f. Greek: λύρα (lýra) f. Hiligaynon: árpa Hungarian: líra hu(hu) Icelandic: lýra f. Ido: liro io(io)

Irish: lir ga(ga) f. Italian: lira it(it) f. Japanese: ライアー (raiā) Latin: lyra la(la) f. Lithuanian: lyra lt(lt) Old English: hearpe ang(ang) Persian: چنگ fa(fa) Polish: lira pl(pl) f. Portuguese: lira pt(pt) f. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: лира ru(ru) (líra) f. Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: lira sl(sl) f. Spanish: lira es(es) f. Swedish: lyra sv(sv) c. Turkish: lir tr(tr) Welsh: please add this translation if you can

External links

• Lyre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Lyre in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• rely

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