lyre

Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 1) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
 * 2) Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
 * 3) A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
 * 4)  A composer of lyric poetry.

Synonyms

 * (a general class of instruments): yoke lute

Derived terms

 * bell lyre
 * lyre-guitar
 * lyre snake

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: كِنَّارَة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: лира
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: (lǐlā)
 * Coptic: ⲗⲩⲣⲁ, ⲕⲓⲑⲁⲣⲁ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lyre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: lüüra
 * Faroese: lýri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λύρα, κιθάρα, φόρμιγξ
 * Hiligaynon: arpa
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lýra
 * Ido:
 * Irish: lir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ライアー
 * Latin: lyra
 * Lithuanian: lyra
 * Middle Persian: pal
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: hearpe
 * Ottoman Turkish: چنك
 * Persian: ,
 * Piedmontese: lira
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: lýra
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: lira, kinubi kidogo
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎐𐎗
 * Welsh: telyn gron


 * Icelandic: lýra

Verb

 * 1)  to play the lyre

Noun

 * 1)  a

Noun

 * 1)  a