pyre

Meaning

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

Synonyms

funeral pyre

pile

blaze

funeral pile

burn at the stake

bale-fire

Translations

pira

rogo

pira

Scheiterhaufen

pira

bûcher

hoguera

brandstapel

πυρά

rogus

pyra

ölü yakılan odun yığını

foguera

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.