pyre
gb/pˈaɪɚ/ us/pˈaɪɚ/
C1
Anglais
máglya, halotti máglya
NOM
C1
1
máglya
B2
Schéma d’usage :
[someone]'s body is burned on a pyre
The family gathered quietly as the body was placed on the pyre.
A család csendben gyűlt össze, miközben a holttestet a máglyára helyezték.
In the film, the warrior is sent off on a burning pyre beside the sea.
A filmben a harcost a tengerparton egy égő máglyán búcsúztatják.
After the ceremony, the pyre was left to burn down to ash.
Exemples pédagogiques
They built a pyre for the ceremony.
Máglyát építettek a szertartáshoz.
The body was burned on a pyre.
A holttestet máglyán égették el.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may confuse it with a general "bonfire"; in modern use, "pyre" most often refers to cremation. Pronunciation rhymes with "fire".
Sens
funeral fire for a body
Collocations
funeral pyre
|cremation pyre
|build a pyre
|light the pyre
|a pyre of logs
|the pyre was lit
|burn on a pyre
|set (something) on a pyre
|a funeral pyre on the riverbank
|the flames of the pyre
Synonymes
bonfire (More general; not specifically for cremation.)
|
funeral fire (Emphasizes the cremation context.)
Antonymes
burial (Disposing of a body by placing it in the ground rather than burning it.)
Thèmes
death
|religion
|rituals
|history
Définition
a large fire used to burn a dead body
A pile of wood or other material built for burning, especially one used to cremate a dead body.
NOM
C2
LITERARY
2
máglya
C1
Schéma d’usage :
a pyre of [something] / [place] became a pyre
By morning, the warehouse was a pyre, sending smoke across the river.
Reggelre a raktár egyetlen lángoló máglyává vált, füstje átsodródott a folyón.
The writer described the battlefield as a pyre of shattered wood and metal.
Az író a csatateret szétzúzott fa és fém máglyájaként írta le.
The crash site burned like a pyre in the dark.
Exemples pédagogiques
The old building became a pyre after the explosion.
A robbanás után a régi épület egyetlen lángoló máglyává vált.
Erreur fréquente :
This use is usually literary; in everyday conversation people more often say "blaze" or "inferno."
Sens
large fire like a burning pile
Collocations
a pyre of rubble
|a pyre of wreckage
|a pyre of bodies
|the city became a pyre
|a pyre of burning timber
|a pyre of flames
|turn (something) into a pyre
Synonymes
inferno (Stresses a huge, raging fire.)
|
blaze (More neutral and common; less ceremonial/dramatic.)
Antonymes
extinguishment (The act or state of putting a fire out.)
Thèmes
disasters
|literature
|news
Définition
a very big fire (often in dramatic writing)
A large, intense fire, often described in a dramatic or figurative way as if something is being consumed like a funeral pyre.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
pyre
API
GB/pˈaɪɚ/
US/pˈaɪɚ/
Syllabes et accentuation
pyre (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (pyre)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: pyre
- Plural: pyres
Famille de mots
Forms
pyres
noun
Advanced or less common
pyromania
noun
pyromaniac
noun
pyrotechnic
adjective
Expressions
consign [someone/something] to the pyre
1/kənsˈaɪn sˈoʊmˈoʊnsəmˈɛθɪŋ tə ðə pˈaɪɚ/
fixed phrase
literary
destroy by burning publicly
to destroy something by burning it
Exemples
- The regime consigned banned books to the pyre in the town square.
- In the novel, the heretic is condemned and consigned to the pyre.
- Critics said the new law would consign decades of progress to the pyre.
Exemples pédagogiques
- They consigned the old papers to the pyre.