spire

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English spir.

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

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spire (plural spires)

1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
2. 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.
3. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

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to spire (third-person singular simple present spires, present participle spiring, simple past and past participle spired)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.

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• Anagrams of eiprs
• peris
• piers, Piers
• pries
• prise

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin spira from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speira).

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• IPA: /spiʁ/, SAMPA: /spiR/

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spire f. (plural spires)

1. turn (of a spiral)

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• Anagrams of eiprs
• pires
• pries, priés
• prise
• ripes, ripés

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[edit] Italian

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spira f.

1. Plural form of spira.

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[edit] Norwegian

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From Old Norse spíra (stem, pipe; little tree)

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spire m. and f. (definite singular spira/spiren; indefinite plural spirer; definite plural spirene)

1. sprout

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spire (present tense spirer; past tense spirte; past participle spirt; present participle spirende; imperative spir)

1. to sprout