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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρήν (purḗn).
Noun
pȳrēn f (genitive pȳrēnis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “pyren”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pyren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Noun
pyren
- indefinite plural of pyre