pyre
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pyre
- /ˈpaɪɚ/
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.
noun pyres
- A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.
- Any heap or pile of combustibles. Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.
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noun funeral pile
| Español | pira |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 火葬用的柴堆 |
| हिन्दी | चिता citā |
| Português | pira |
| Français | bûcher |
| Deutsch | Scheiterhaufen |
| Italiano | pira, rogo |
| Ελληνικά | πυρά pyrá |
| Română | rug |
| Русский | погреба́льный костёр pogrebálʹnyj kostjór |
noun heap of combustibles
| Deutsch | Feuerstapel |
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