"pyro-" meaning in English

See pyro- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/ [UK], /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pyro-.wav Forms: pyr- [alternative]
enPR: pīʹrō Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- From Latin pyr, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:uder|la:pyr<ety:uder<grc:πῦρ>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro-, {{uder|en|la|pyr}} Latin pyr, {{uder|en|grc|πῦρ||fire}} Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} pyro-
  1. Fire, heat. Tags: morpheme Translations (relating to fire): pyro- (Dutch), pyro- (Finnish), pyro- (French), pyro- (German), piro- (Italian), piro- (Portuguese), пиро- (piro-) (Russian), piro- (Spanish), pyro- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pyro--en-prefix-H7ZOGHJ5 Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'relating to fire': 100 0 0
  2. Fever. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-pyro--en-prefix-6WbOoPNY
  3. (chemistry) Denoting an acid or salt with a water content intermediate between that of the ortho- and meta- compounds. Tags: morpheme
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pyracanth, pyracantha, pyracanthus, pyre, pyrene, pyretic, pyro, pyrography

Alternative forms

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