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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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trigon
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (tríg?non, “triangle”), neuter substantive of ???????? (tríg?nos, “three-sided”), from ????? (treîs, “three”) + ????? (g?nía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- +? -gon. Doublet of trigonon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a???n/, /?t?a???n/
- Hyphenation: tri?gon
Noun
trigon (countable and uncountable, plural trigons)
- (countable, geometry, rare) A triangle.
- (countable, historical, music) An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
- (countable, astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
- (countable, astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hutton to this entry?)
- (uncountable, historical) An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
- (countable, zoology) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Girton, Tignor, orting, roting
Gothic
Romanization
trig?n
- Romanization of ????????????????????????
Romanian
Etymology
From French trigone.
Noun
trigon n (plural trigoane)
- trigone
Declension
trigon From the web:
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- what trigonometric functions are even
- what trigonometric functions are odd
- what trigonometric ratio is defined as
- what trigonometric ratio defines opposite/hypotenuse
- what trigonometry means
- what trigonometric ratio is correct
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