pyre

Signification (Anglais)

1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Concepts

bûcher

bûcher funéraire

Synonymes

funeral pyre

pile

blaze

funeral pile

burn at the stake

bale-fire

Traductions

pira

rogo

pira

Scheiterhaufen

pira

rogus

brandstapel

πυρά

hoguera

pyra

ölü yakılan odun yığını

foguera

pira

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpaɪɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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