pyra

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ra/, [ˈpʏrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/, [ˈpiːrä]

pyra f (genitive pyrae); first declension

1. (funeral) pyre

First-declension noun.

• “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pyra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “pyra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pyra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• pera

Unknown. May be related to Peru where potatoes come from.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɨra
• Syllabification: py‧ra

pyra f (diminutive pyrka or pyreczka or pyruszka)

1. (Poznań, Łódź) potato

   Synonyms: kartofel, perka, ziemniak

2. (derogatory) a resident of Poznań

   Synonym: poznaniak

3. (Łódź) a potato enthusiast

• “Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania‎, (please provide a date or year)

• pyra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pyra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

pyra f (plural pyras)

1. Obsolete spelling of pira (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

pyra (present pyr, preterite pyrde, supine pyrt, imperative pyr)

1. to smolder (of a fire, or with the same figurative senses as in English)

   Missnöjet pyrde inom landet. När som helst kunde en revolution bryta ut.

   There was smoldering dissatisfaction within the country. At any moment, a revolution could break out.

• pyra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pyra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pyra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)