pyrrhic

English - Turkish

Definition of pyrrhic in English Turkish dictionary

Epir kralı Pyrrhus'a ait. (Pyrrhic victory: büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı. )

Related Terms

pyrrhic victory

fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer

Pyrrhic victory

Büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı. (Epir kralı Pyrrhus'a atfen.)

pyrrhic victory

görünüşteki zafer

Pyrrhic victory

fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer; büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı

Pyrrhic victory

büyük kayıplarla elde edilen zafer

Pyrrhic victory

gerçekte bir felâket olan zafer

English - English

Definition of pyrrhic in English English dictionary

achieved at excessive cost

Although this syndrome is thought to resemble patterns of Pyrrhic revenge.

An Ancient Greek war dance

Of or characterized by pyrrhics

A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables

{s} pertaining to Pyrrhus the ancient Greek king of Epirus; pertaining to the costly victory achieved by the king of Epirus

of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"

An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

A foot consisting of two short syllables

Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse

of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements

of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"

{i} ancient Greek martial dance characterized by warlike movements

of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"

Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance

an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"

Related Terms

Pyrrhic victories

plural form of Pyrrhic victory

Pyrrhic victory

A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost

Pyrrhic victory

victory accompanied by enormous losses (as was Pyrrhus' victory over the Romans in the 3rd century B.C.)

Pyrrhic victory

If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more. a victory in which the person who wins suffers so much that the victory was hardly worth winning (Pyrrhus (312?-272BC), Greek king whose army defeated the Romans but had very many killed and wounded)

pyrrhic victory

a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

Hyphenation

Pyr·rhic

Turkish pronunciation

pîrîk

Pronunciation

/ˈpərək/ /ˈpɪrɪk/

Etymology

() From Latin pyrrhichius Ancient Greek πυρρίχιος (pyrrichos) πυρρίχη (pyrriche, “war dance”)