lyrical
/ˈlɪɹɪkəl/adjective
lyrical is an adjective meaning “Appropriate for or suggestive of singing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-Y-R-I-C-A-L and has 3 syllables, and it appears 2.7 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lyrical mean?
adjective
- 1
Appropriate for or suggestive of singing.
- 2
Expressive of emotion.
- 3
Of or pertaining to the lyrics of a song
lyrical content
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lyrical?
- /ˈlɪɹɪkəl/
Lyrical has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lyrical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lyrical
- more lyrical comparative
- most lyrical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lyrical?
Lyrical appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lyrical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lyrical come from?
From lyric + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).