Lyre definition
A stringed musical instrument.
noun
A stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or reciter of poetry, especially in ancient Greece.
noun
A small stringed instrument of the harp family, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singers and reciters.
noun
the Lyre
- the constellation Lyra
idiom
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
lyre
Plural:
lyresIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
the Lyre
Origin of lyre
- Middle English lire from Old French from Latin lyra from Greek lura
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From French lyre, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lura, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise").
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