pyre

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaɪɚ/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

funeral pyre

pile

blaze

funeral pile

burn at the stake

bale-fire

Translations

pira

rogo

pira

Scheiterhaufen

pira

bûcher

hoguera

brandstapel

πυρά

rogus

stos pogrzebowy

pyra

stos

ölü yakılan odun yığını

foguera