lyre — lyre … Dictionnaire des rimes
lyre — [ lir ] n. f. • 1548; lire v. 1155; lat. lyra, gr. lura 1 ♦ Instrument de musique, connu depuis la plus haute Antiquité, à cordes pincées, fixées sur une caisse de résonance dont partent deux montants courbes soutenant une barre transversale. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lyre — Lyre, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf. {Lyra}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry. [1913 Webster] Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lyre — bezeichnet als Fluss Lyre River im US Bundesstaat Washington als Person Lyre, Holger (*1965), deutscher Philosoph … Deutsch Wikipedia
lyre — instrument musical, Lyra, Chelis. Qui joüe de la lyre ou chante sur la lyre, Lyricen … Thresor de la langue françoyse
lyre — (n.) harp like instrument, c.1200, from O.Fr. lire lyre, from L. lyra, from Gk. lyra, a foreign word of uncertain origin … Etymology dictionary
lyre — lyre; lyre·man; … English syllables
lyre — LYRE. subst. fem. Instrument de Musique à cordes qui estoit en usage parmi les Anciens. Joüer de la lyre … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
lyre — [līr] n. [ME lire < L lyra < Gr] a small stringed instrument of the harp family, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singers and reciters the Lyre the constellation Lyra … English World dictionary
lyre — [laıə US laır] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: lire, from Latin lyra, from Greek] a musical instrument with strings across a U shaped frame, played with the fingers, especially in ancient Greece … Dictionary of contemporary English