pyre

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpaɪɚ/

Noun

pyre (plural pyres)

1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

   • For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31

2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Related terms

• pyrée

Translations

• French: bûcher
• German: Scheiterhaufen
• Italian: pira, rogo
• Portuguese: pira
• Russian: погреба́льный костёр
• Spanish: pira

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