spire
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English spir.
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- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
[edit] Noun
spire (plural spires)
- A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
- A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Architecture), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
- A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
[edit] Translations
slender stalk or blade in vegetation
tapering body
tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting
top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit
[edit] Verb
spire (third-person singular simple present spires, present participle spiring, simple past and past participle spired)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speira).
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[edit] Noun
spire f. (plural spires)
- turn (of a spiral)
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
spira f.
- Plural form of spira.
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[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse spíra (stem, pipe; little tree)
[edit] Noun
spire m. or f. (definite singular spira/spiren; indefinite plural spirer; definite plural spirene)
[edit] Verb
spire (present tense spirer; past tense spirte; past participle spirt; present participle spirende; imperative spir)
- to sprout
[edit] Venetian
[edit] Noun
spire f.
- Plural form of spira.
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