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pyre

/ˈpaɪɚ/

pyre noun: a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

Noun

pyre (plural pyres)

  1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
    • The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.
    • The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.
  2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.
    • Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.

pyre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

pyre in Hindi

funeral pile
चिता citā

pyre in Tamil

சிதை, ஈமவிறகு, விறகடுக்கு

pyre in Urdu

funeral pile
چتا citā

pyre in Telugu

funeral pile
చితి citi
More languagesFewer languages
pyre in Malayalam
ചിത cita
pyre in Kannada
ಚಿತೆ, ಹೆಣವನ್ನು ಸುಡುವ ಸೌದೆಯ ರಾಶಿ, ದಹ್ಯ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ರಾಶಿ
pyre in Punjabi
ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ śamśān
pyre in Gujarati
ચેહ cěh

Forms of pyre

pluralpyres

Plural of pyre: pyres

Origin of pyre

Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.

Words formed from pyre

Words that rhyme with pyre

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Questions about pyre

What does pyre mean?
Pyre means a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
What is pyre in Hindi?
Pyre in Hindi is चिता (citā). See Pyre meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pyre?
Pyre is a noun.
How do you pronounce pyre?
Pyre is pronounced /ˈpaɪɚ/.
What is the plural of pyre?
The plural of pyre is pyres.

Words near pyre in the dictionary

  1. pyrazolyl
  2. pyrazolyls
  3. pyrazophos
  4. pyrazoxyfen
  5. pyrazyl
  6. pyre
  7. pyrectic
  8. pyrectics
  9. pyree
  10. pyrees
  11. pyrena

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pyre (page history and authors); pyre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pyre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચેહ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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