lyre
French, noun/liʁ/
lyre is spelled L-Y-R-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyre is a French feminine noun meaning “lyre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cordophone portable à cordes pincées parallèles au chevalet, dont la caisse de résonance ne se prolonge pas…”.
What does lyre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelyre
- 2
femininerarea cutting tool resembling a lyre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cordophone portable à cordes pincées parallèles au chevalet, dont la caisse de résonance ne se prolonge pas par un manche, qui était en usage chez les anciens. 2. Lyre organisée : instrument de musique inventé par un certain Led-huy, qui consiste en une modification de la lyre, et qui comporte 15 cordes regroupées par groupes de 5. 3. Ce qui a la forme de cet instrument de musique. 4. Partie supportant les trois pédales d'un piano.
adjective: 1. Segmenté ou lobé en forme de lyre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lyre
- lyres plural
- lyrés plural masculine
- lyrée singular feminine
- lyrées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lyre?
- /liʁ/
- \liʁ\
- [liʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lyre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lyre in French?
lyre appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).