a small stringed instrument of the harp family, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singers and reciters
Origin of lyre
Middle English lire from Classical Latin lyra from Classical Greeklyre Idioms
the Lyre
the constellation Lyra
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lyre
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.
Origin of lyre
Middle English lire from Old French from Latin lyra from Greek lura
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Noun
(plural lyres)
- A stringed musical instrument.
Anagrams
Origin
From French lyre, from Ancient Greek λÏÏα (lura, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise").
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