pyre

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von pyre im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

ölüleri yakmaya mahsus odun yığını

ölü yakmak için toplanan odun yığını

yanacak şey yığını

{i} ölü yakılan odun yığını

{i} ölüyü yakmaya özgü odun yığını

(isim) ölü yakılan odun yığını

odun yığın

Relevante Übersetzungen

funeral pyre

ölü yakılan odun yığını

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von pyre im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Any heap or pile of combustibles

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned

For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31.

a heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body

{n} a pile to be burnt, a funeral pile

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt

A pyre is a high pile of wood built outside on which people burn a dead body or other things in a ceremony. a high pile of wood on which a dead body is placed to be burned in a funeral ceremony (pyra, from , from pyr )

{i} pile of flammable material (often used to cremate a dead body)

wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Relevante Übersetzungen

pyres

plural of pyre

Etymologie

[ 'pIr ] (noun.) 1658. Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pūr, “fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ur. to fire.