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Plural of lyre

regular plural

The plural of lyre is lyres.

Forms of lyre

Singularlyre /ˈlaɪ.ə/
Plurallyres
Countablecountable

Meaning of lyre

  1. noun An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
  2. noun Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  3. noun A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.

Full definition of lyre

Questions about the plural of lyre

What is the plural of lyre?
The plural of lyre is lyres.
Is lyre countable?
Lyre is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyre (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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