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lyre
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (lúra, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?la?.?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?la?.?/, /la??/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
- Homophones: liar, lier
Noun
lyre (plural lyres)
- (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.
- 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 terms
- Lyra
- lyrebird
- lyrical
Synonyms
- (a general class of instruments): yoke lute
References
- 2012. Kisir and Tanbura. Dahab Khalil and Artur Simon. Pg. 96.
- 2007. Origins and Development of Musical Instruments. Jeremy Montagu. Pg. 128.
Translations
See also
- harp
Further reading
- lyre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lyre in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Homophones
- lire
Anagrams
- Ryle, rely
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li?/
Noun
lyre f (plural lyres)
- lyre
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lyre f or m (definite singular lyra or lyren, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)
- (music) a lyre
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lyre f (definite singular lyra, indefinite plural lyrer, definite plural lyrene)
- (music) a lyre
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lyrically
English
Etymology
lyrical +? -ly
Adverb
lyrically (comparative more lyrically, superlative most lyrically)
- In a manner that is pleasing to hear, as singing or speaking; in a lyrical manner.
- In terms of the lyrics.
- a lyrically unimaginative song
Related terms
- lyre
- lyric
- lyrical
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