lyre

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. 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. 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.
3. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
4. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Verb

to play the lyre

Conceptos

lira

Lira

lira ''f''

Sinónimos

plectrum

zither

Traducciones

lyre

lira

lier

λύρα

lira

lira

Leier

Lyra

lyra

لور

lir

cetra

chelys

fides

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlaɪ.ə/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira, Lyra, and lyra.