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pyro

UK/ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/US/ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ/

pyro noun: a pyromaniac.

Noun

pyro (countable and uncountable, plural pyros)

  1. (countable, slang) A pyromaniac.
  2. (uncountable) Pyrocellulose.
  3. (countable, informal) A pyrotechnician.
  4. (informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.
  5. (archaic, especially, uncountable) Pyrogallol, pyrogallic acid.

Adjective

pyro (comparative more pyro, superlative most pyro)

  1. (slang) Pyromaniac, pyromaniacal.
  2. (informal) Pyrotechnic.
    • “I had told the guy a couple of weeks earlier that the pyro flames were getting too close,” he laughs.2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 24, column 4

pyro meaning in Tamil

pyro in Tamil

வெப்ப

Forms of pyro

Noun
pluralpyros
Adjective
comparativemore pyro
superlativemost pyro

Plural of pyro: pyros

Origin of pyro

Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Words that rhyme with pyro

Questions about pyro

What does pyro mean?
Pyro means a pyromaniac.
What is pyro in Tamil?
Pyro in Tamil is வெப்ப. See Pyro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pyro?
Pyro can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce pyro?
Pyro is pronounced /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pyro?
The plural of pyro is pyros.

Words near pyro in the dictionary

  1. pyritose
  2. pyritous
  3. pyrity
  4. pyrizhky
  5. Pyrmont
  6. pyro
  7. pyro-
  8. pyroacetic
  9. pyroacetic ether
  10. pyroacetic spirit
  11. pyroacetic spirits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pyro (page history and authors); pyro (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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