"lyre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ə/ [UK], /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ [US], /laɪɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lyre.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lyres [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|λύρᾱ|t=lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise}} Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”), {{doublet|en|lira|Lyra}} Doublet of lira and Lyra Head templates: {{en-noun}} lyre (plural lyres)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): String instruments
    Sense id: en-lyre-en-noun-lFYrddD- Disambiguation of String instruments: 37 37 20 5 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 25 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 35 24 4 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 26 1 2
  2. 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.
    Categories (topical): String instruments
    Sense id: en-lyre-en-noun-U1Mm4wci Disambiguation of String instruments: 37 37 20 5 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 25 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 35 24 4 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 26 1 2
  3. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical. Categories (topical): String instruments Translations (lyre-shaped music holder): lýra [feminine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-lyre-en-noun-xTePzSEm Disambiguation of String instruments: 37 37 20 5 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 25 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 35 24 4 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 36 26 1 2 Disambiguation of 'lyre-shaped music holder': 23 23 46 9
  4. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lyre-en-noun-D1A85HzD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (a general class of instruments): yoke lute Derived forms: bell lyre, lyre-guitar, lyre snake Related terms: Lyra, lyrebird, lyrical Translations (stringed musical instrument): jongarsharki (Albanian), sharkë [archaic] (Albanian), λύρα (lúra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κιθάρα (kithára) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), φόρμιγξ (phórminx) [Epic, feminine] (Ancient Greek), كِنَّارَة (kinnāra) [feminine] (Arabic), քնար (kʿnar) (Armenian), lira (Basque), лира (lira) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lira [feminine] (Catalan), 里拉 (lǐlā) (Chinese), ⲗⲩⲣⲁ (lura) (Coptic), ⲕⲓⲑⲁⲣⲁ (kithara) (Coptic), lyra [feminine] (Czech), lyre [common-gender] (Danish), lier [feminine] (Dutch), liro (Esperanto), lüüra (Estonian), lýri [masculine] (Faroese), lyyra (Finnish), lyre [feminine] (French), Leier [feminine] (German), Lyra [feminine] (German), λύρα (lýra) [feminine] (Greek), árpa (Hiligaynon), líra (Hungarian), lýra [feminine] (Icelandic), liro (Ido), lir [feminine] (Irish), lira [feminine] (Italian), ライアー (raiā) (Japanese), lyra [feminine] (Latin), lyra (Lithuanian), lira [feminine] (Occitan), hearpe (Old English), چنك (çenk) (Ottoman Turkish), چنگ (čang) (Persian), چنگ رومی (čang-e rumi) (Persian), lira [feminine] (Piedmontese), lira [feminine] (Polish), lira [feminine] (Portuguese), liră [feminine] (Romanian), ли́ра (líra) [feminine] (Russian), lȋra [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lýra [feminine] (Slovak), lira [feminine] (Slovene), lira [feminine] (Spanish), lira (Swahili), kinubi kidogo (Swahili), lyra [common-gender] (Swedish), lir (Turkish), 𐎋𐎐𐎗 (knr) (Ugaritic), telyn gron [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'a general class of instruments': 38 38 19 5 Disambiguation of 'stringed musical instrument': 45 45 9 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ə/ [UK], /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ [US], /laɪɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lyre.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lyres [present, singular, third-person], lyring [participle, present], lyred [participle, past], lyred [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|λύρᾱ|t=lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise}} Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”), {{doublet|en|lira|Lyra}} Doublet of lira and Lyra Head templates: {{en-verb}} lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)
  1. (rare) to play the lyre Tags: rare Related terms: harp
    Sense id: en-lyre-en-verb-1odUB0u2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "45 45 9 1",
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      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "lǐlā",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "里拉"
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      "code": "cop",
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
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      "code": "cop",
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lyre"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "lüüra"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "lyyra"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lyre"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Leier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 45 9 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Lyra"
    },
    {
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lýra",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "λύρα"
    },
    {
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "lúra",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "λύρα"
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 45 9 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kithára",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κιθάρα"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phórminx",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "árpa"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "líra"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lýra"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "liro"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 45 9 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lir"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 45 9 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lira"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "raiā",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "ライアー"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "lyra"
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      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "note": "[script needed] (barbūt)",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lira"
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "hearpe"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çenk",
      "sense": "stringed musical instrument",
      "word": "چنك"
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    {
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      "word": "քնար"
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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "English words ending in \"-yre\"",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable",
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λύρᾱ",
        "t": "lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "lira",
        "3": "Lyra"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lira and Lyra",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira and Lyra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyres",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyred",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyred",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "harp"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play the lyre"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) to play the lyre"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "liar"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lier"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lire"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lyre.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lyre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lyre.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lyre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "lyre"
  ],
  "word": "lyre"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": lǐlā vs. lǐlā",
  "path": [
    "lyre"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lyre",
  "trace": ""
}

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