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kyrie

UK/ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/

kyrie noun: a short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.

Noun

kyrie (plural kyries)

  1. A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
  2. A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.

kyrie meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati

kyrie in Hindi

काइरी

kyrie in Marathi

कायरी, काइरी

kyrie in Bengali

কাইরি

kyrie in Gujarati

કાઇરી
More languagesFewer languages
kyrie in Odia
କାଇରି, କାଇରୀ
kyrie in Nepali
काइरी

Forms of kyrie

pluralkyries

Plural of kyrie: kyries

Origin of kyrie

From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).

Questions about kyrie

What does kyrie mean?
Kyrie means a short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
What is kyrie in Hindi?
Kyrie in Hindi is काइरी. See Kyrie meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kyrie?
Kyrie is a noun.
How do you pronounce kyrie?
Kyrie is pronounced /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of kyrie?
The plural of kyrie is kyries.

Words near kyrie in the dictionary

  1. kyriarchally
  2. kyriarchic
  3. kyriarchically
  4. kyriarchies
  5. kyriarchy
  6. kyrie
  7. kyrielle
  8. kyrielles
  9. kyries
  10. kyriocentric
  11. kyriocentrically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kyrie (page history and authors); kyrie (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kyrie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kyrie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kyrie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kyrie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kyrie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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