Definitions of pyre [ɪ^ər]

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Definition of 'pyre'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pyre
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.

2. pyre
such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite.

Etymology: (1650–60; < L pyra < Gk pyrá funeral pyre, der. of

Definition of 'pyre'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pyre, funeral pyre
wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Definition of 'pyre'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pyre
a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt

Translation of 'pyre'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially burned a funeral pyre
Afrikaans: vuurstapel, brandstapel	Arabic: مَحْرَقَه، كَوْمَة حَطَب	Bulgarian: погребална клада
Brazilian: pira	Czech: hranice	German: der Scheiterhaufen
Danish: bål; ligbål	Greek: πυρά	Spanish: pira
Estonian: tuleriit	Farsi: تل هیزم	Finnish: rovio
French: bûcher funéraire	Hebrew: מְדוּרָה לִשרֵפַת גוּפוֹת	Hindi: चित्ता
Hungarian: halotti máglya	Indonesian: api unggun	Icelandic: bálköstur; líkbál
Italian: pira	Japanese: 積みまき	Korean: (화장용) 장작더미
Lithuanian: laužas	Latvian: (apbedīšanas) sārts	Malay: unggun
Dutch: brandstapel	Norwegian: likbål	Polish: stos (pogrzebowy)
Persian: تل هیزم	Pashto: د مړى د سوځولو د پاره كوټ	Portuguese: pira
Romanian: rug	Russian: погребальный костёр	Slovak: hranica
Slovenian: grmada	Serbian: pir	Swedish: bål
Thai: กองฟืน	Turkish: odun yığını	Taiwanese: 火葬用的柴堆
Ukrainian: похоронне вогнище	Urdu: چتا	Vietnamese: giàn thiêu
Chinese: 火葬用的柴堆
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