noun🔗ShareLyreAn 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."The museum displayed an ancient lyre, its delicate strings still echoing with the music of centuries past. "Le musée exposait une lyre antique, dont les cordes délicates résonnaient encore de la musique des siècles passés.musiccultureartmythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePorte-partitions en forme de lyre pour instruments à ventA lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical."The marching band clarinet player used a lyre to hold his sheet music since he couldn't carry a music stand while playing and walking. "Le clarinettiste de la fanfare utilisait un porte-partitions en forme de lyre pour tenir ses partitions, car il ne pouvait pas transporter un pupitre en jouant et en marchant.musicutensildeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePoète lyriqueA composer of lyric poetry."Homer, the famous lyre, wrote epic poems like the Iliad. "Homère, le célèbre poète lyrique, a écrit des poèmes épiques comme l'Iliade.literaturemusicpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading